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Appendix: Recent Federal Commissions The Study Project did not survey commissions of the federal govern- ment. We feel, however, that such commissions frequently serve an important social knowledge production or application function. The background volumes of commissions are often an important source of original research or syntheses of existing studies. It is difficult, how- ever, to separate a commission's social knowledge production and ap- plication obligations from its total budget. In addition, some commis- sions do not conduct either knowledge production or application ac- tivities. For these reasons, commissionsâwhile they are a useful source of social knowledge production and applicationâwere excluded from the Study Project survey. The commissions listed below have been funded by the federal government during the last five years.1 Aviation Advisory Commission Commission on American Shipbuilding Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries Commission on Federal Paperwork Commission on Government Procurement Commission on Highway Beautification Commission on Obscenity and Pornography Commission on Population Growth and the American Future Commission on Railroad Retirement 'The list was compiled from the annual Appendix to the Budget of the United States Government (U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.), and represents fiscal years 1973-1978. 481
482 Appendix: Recent Federal Commissions Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy Commission on the Organization of the Government of the District of Columbia Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling Defense Manpower Commission Joint Commission on the Coinage Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance National Commission on Consumer Finance National Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse National Commission on Materials Policy National Commission on the Observation of International Women's Year National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws National Commission on Supplies and Shortages National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education National Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal Officials National Tourism Resources Review Commission National Transportation Policy Study Commission National Water Commission Privacy Protection Study Commission Public Land Review Commission Select Commission on Western Hemisphere Immigration