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Corporate Author United States. Government Accountability Office.

Title Nanotechnology [electronic resource] : better guidance is needed to ensure accurate reporting of federal research focused on environmental, health, and safety risks : report to congressional requesters / United States Government Accountability Office.

Imprint [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  GA 1.13:GAO-08-402    ---  Available
Description iii, 37 p. : digital, PDF file
System Details Mode of access via the GAO web site.
Note Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 25, 2008).
"March 2008."
Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
Summary The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), is a multiagency effort intended to coordinate the nanotechnology-related activities of 25 federal agencies that fund nanoscale research or have a stake in the results. Nanotechnology is the ability to control matter at the scale of a nanometer--one billionth of a meter. A key research area funded by some federal agencies relates to potential environmental, health, and safety (EHS) risks that may result from exposure to nanoscale materials. Because of concerns about federal efforts to fund and prioritize EHS research, GAO was asked to determine (1) the extent to which selected agencies conducted such research in fiscal year 2006; (2) the reasonableness of the agencies' and the NNI's processes to identify and prioritize such federal research; and (3) the effectiveness of the agencies' and the NNI's process to coordinate this research. GAO reviewed quantitative and qualitative data from five federal agencies that provided 96 percent of fiscal year 2006 funding for EHS research.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note "GAO-08-402."
Subject Nanotechnology -- Government policy -- United States.
Nanotechnology -- Research -- United States.
Science and state -- United States.
Administrative agencies -- Research -- Evaluation.
Added Title Better guidance is needed to ensure accurate reporting of federal research focused on environmental, health, and safety risks
Gpo Item No. 0546-D (online)
Sudoc No. GA 1.13:GAO-08-402

 
    
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