1/ Excludes Plant & Facilities, the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (CRPL), and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), ETIP, and the Fire Program (1968-1976). FY 1978 Special Analysis, P. 311 (OMB). 2/ FY Summary Table 3. NBS Expanded Appropriations for Legislative Assignments by Bill, 1965-1977 Energy Policy & Conservation Act of 1975 Energy Conservation & Production Act of 1976 Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976 0 0 TOTAL 4,263 45 *An additional $3.064M and 15 positions were appropriated directly to NBS as a result of the 1968 fire legislation that was superseded by the 1974 Act. This appropriation was subsequently removed from the NBS budget and placed in the NFPCA budget. This will be funded by FEA in 1978. NBS base of $1,300 thousand for Product Energy Conservation has been curtailed for 1978. Program expansion needed; however, current authorizing legislation is not sufficient to cover the needed resources. Includes $2.7M for addition to Fire Research Facility. Does not include $5M for needed noise facility improvements. NOTE: People numbers in Current Effort represent level of effort and do not equate with personnel ceiling. Table 5. Position Deficits for Support Services for Other Federal Agencies Other Agency (OA) Position Needs Provide a national system for physical measurement: Nuclear safeguards materials Orbiting satellites standards testing facilities Provide services to improve use of materials: Nondestructive evaluation. *Position and funding deficits exist for these programs, but they have already been cited in Table 1, Appendix B. 8. b. General guidelines for NBS staff members concerned with negotiation, acceptance, and management of other agency sponsored work. These guidelines do not obtain in cases of certain established routine services, e.g., the Computer Services Division's acceptance of work for processing on the Bureau's central computer. Negotiations 1. Other agency sponsored work must substantially conform with the criteria statements in Policy Bulletin No. 5 and must meet at 2. least one of the criteria in Policy Bulletin No. 14. The following checklist contains questions which must be considered in deciding whether the technical staff recommends Bureau acceptance Can NBS fulfill a critical need of the other agency? Will the work supplement and foster NBS STRS programs and missions? Is the other agency willing to carry its share of funding, - Will there be joint planning by the other agency and NBS to some cases, sustained programs with well-balanced exploratory Will public releases be made jointly by the other agency and Are the tasks of a "job shop" or routine testing nature or do Does NBS have adequate staff, relevant experience, and equipment |