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Annex C Memorandum of Understanding
Pages 42-46

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... Under this law, the head of each agency with a budget of more than $50,000,000 for its SBIR program for fiscal year 1999, (NSF, NIH, DOE, NASA, and DOD) in consultation with the Small Business Administration, shall, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of PL 106-554, cooperatively enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for the National Research Council to conduct a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet Federal research and development needs.
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From page 43...
... See "Section Liaison Process" in the Guide to Project Management. 2 PL 105-153, December 17, 1997, 111 Stat 2689 -- Section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1997 was amended to read as follows: "REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION "SEC.
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... of title 5, United States Code. If the Academy determines that the report would disclose matters described in that section, the Academy shall make public an abbreviated version of the report that does not disclose those matters.
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... That is, half the total cost will be used to cover Phase I activities and substantial bridging to Phase II. · Pending budget authority, funding for completion of Phase II activities will be released in its entirety, within 60 days following completion of Phase I and the external peer review (described above)
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... Secure Academy GBEC Approval Select Steering Committee Identify members and agree on initial contracts for Research Team Secure approval of Steering Committee Convene Initial Symposium Host Initial Symposium to launch project and help identify issues, commonalities, & Working Groups and unique features of agency programs. [Months 5-8]
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