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4 NIST OPTION
Pages 78-90

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From page 79...
... The guest research involves customers and clientele closely, prodding important channels of technology transfer. Ties with industry are also fostered by Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, authorized by the Technology Transfer Act of 1986, through which government and private sector entities can share the costs and results of R&D projects carried out in partnership.
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From page 80...
... The NIST Personnel Demonstration Program goes substantially beyond the personnel measures of DOD's proposed Laboratory Demonstration program-the basis for the ARL Enhanced option-in giving managers discretion over the hiring, firing, and pay of research and development personnel; in fact, an act of Congress would be required to implement these policies. The option's external oversight boards would also be a break with ARL's current governance structure, which is dominated by the RDECs that are ARL's main customers (see Chapters and 2~.
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From page 84...
... The 1989 University Research Corporation report said: Overall, NIST staff and management believe the Demonstration project addresses previous problems in staffing and hiring and has the potential to make NIST a better place to work Many of the staff fee} that positive results have already been attained. In particular, they fee} that decentralization and streamlining of the hiring procedures has enabled NTST to attract individuals who might have been lost under the old cumbersome processing procedures.
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From page 86...
... Diversity and Quality of Research Sources Adopting this option would not directly affect the diversity and quality of research sources as compared with the baseline, the ARL Enhanced option. To the extent that the new external oversight bodies (modeled on NISTs Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology and the Board of Assessment)
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From page 89...
... 1992. National Institute of Standards and Technology Personnel Management Demonstration Project, Fourth Annual Evaluation Report.
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From page 90...
... 1990. Personnel Management Demonstration Project; Alternative personnel management system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Notice of proposed amendment.
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  • management demonstration
  • army research
  • contracted options
  • performance appraisal
  • research organization

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  • percent contracted
  • flexible personnel
  • research sources
  • alternative personnel

  • personnel policies
  • outside organizations
  • substantial improvement
  • line managers
  • arl multicenter

  • report prepared
  • technology personnel
  • hudson institute
  • option offers
  • position classification


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