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4 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
4 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 31-42
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. concise, clearly articulated programmatic goals with supporting sets of objectives and specific research strategies; consistency between research strategies and objectives and budgetary realities, over both the short and the long term; high-quality professionals to conduct research activities; The mission of an organization provides a carefully defined and agreedupon framework for the goals of its research programs.
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A similar situation exists with mining companies and other industry associations. A concerted effort addressing this concern, from the top levels of the bureau to the bench worker, would be beneficial.
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Bureau of Mires aru] achievement of its objectives arm strategies depend critically on the process of selecting individual research projects arm the availability of well qualified professionals to conduct the work.
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The bureau expects that the Committee on Research Programs of the U.S. Bureau of Mines will facilitate the necessary external input and review.
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Long-Range, High-Risk Research The Competitiveness report cited earlier recommended that the bureau devote a portion of its resources to research aimed at revolutionary rather than evolutionary gains. The miniproposal process could introduce such concepts into the bureau's research program, but whether proposals for such research are made frequently was not apparent to the committee.
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S Bureau of Mines varies within arm between research programs aM centers; this is linked to the qualifications of the researchers.
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Participation in Professional Meetings and Professional Society Activities From the information provided to the committee, it appears that the bureau could encourage greater participation at local, regional, and national levels. Seminars and Visitors Seminars should be expanded, with more external speakers invited to the centers in addition to more internal seminars.
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Bureau of Mines should strive to hire, develop, and retain the best researchers. Specific areas that need attention include the following: a credible dual-ladder reward system for professional research staff; increased staff visibility through publication credit and participation in professional meetings; increased communication of internal and external scientific and technical developments through regularly scheduled seminars; and national-level searches for research positions and compensation of the best qualified scientists and engineers at levels commensurate with capabilities and competitive with other employers.
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Expensive analytical equipment is located at the centers where it is likely to be most heavily used, and analytical services are shared among research centers. Centers work together in planning major equipment purchases for the future.
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There is an ongoing need to achieve the most effective methodology for providing fully integrated technology transfer and dissemination of research results to the customers of the bureau. in this regard the bureau should continue its efforts at technology transfer and communication with industry, government, and university cooperators.
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Bureau of Mines must improve technology transfer. Specific areas that need attention include the following: communication and publication of research results in widely read journals and increasingly through electronic, on-line means; active participation in professional activities and meetings; and development of close working relationships with industry leading to partnerships, collaborative programs, and CRADAs.
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