potential for replication and will very likely reveal innovative models which can be broadly applied. The FLC is participating in the selection of cities to be included in this project.

The FLC Southeast Region developed a continuing relationship with the Southern Growth Policies Board to work on economic development and education improvement.

The Local Government Information Network, LOGIN, approached the Consortium to use the FLC Clearinghouse as a resource for its clients. This interaction is now underway.

The New York Science and Technology Foundation has placed representatives at the Rome Air Development Center and the Brookhaven National Laboratory to provide working links to New York companies.

UNIVERSITIES THE EDUCATION SYSTEM - AND TRAINING

The Consortium is developing several models for cooperation with education entities in their research, education and community service functions.

The FLC Southeast Region and the FLC University Relations Subcommittee held a workshop on the role of university centers of excellence in economic development in early 1989. The Chairman of the FLC University Relations Subcommittee developed and chaired the conference. It was sponsored by the FLC, Southern Growth Policies Board, and the Oak Ridge Associated Universities - DOE. The sessions brought university, Federal laboratory and economic development representatives together for a vigorous and productive exchange. A steering group will carry forward with subsequent centers of excellence workshops on focused technology areas. These will continue to receive planning and participatory input from the FLC.

The results of a survey of university technical expertise have been put into the keyword format of the FLC's Resource Directory. Expansion and an update of this information are planned as a resource for the FLC Clearinghouse.

The FLC made contact with the American Society for Engineering Education, which has a program to train the engineering faculty of top universities in the newest technologies, thereby transferring them into the undergraduate curriculum. The first involvement of a

Federal laboratory will occur in 1989, when a program on manufacturing technology will be held at NIST.

For several years, laboratory activities to enhance American education at all levels have been growing. In 1988, the FLC began to focus some effort on strengthening and replicating these programs, and to encourage "demand pull" by the education community.

Information on present laboratory activities was assembled for a presentation to an educational technology conference of the Council of Chief State School Officers. This information will be documented for use and consideration for possible replication by other laboratories.

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

With its national focus the FLC provides an excellent platform for member laboratories to address broad subject areas. The directory of superconductivity activities developed in 1987 was such an effort. Current national initiatives such as the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act provide new opportunities. Current examples of some special initiatives are:

Hazardous Materials Workshop - A workshop on Hazardous Materials Management, will be held October 11-12, 1989. Laboratory presentations and a roundtable format will be used to present specific laboratory technologies. A survey of involved companies has identified major processing, operational and material concerns to be addressed. This conference will serve as a prototype for analogous programs with other sectors of U.S. industry to solve problems of mitigating or eliminating use of hazardous materials and production of hazardous wastes.

Biotechnology - A member laboratory, the National Center for Toxicological Research will convene a Federal laboratory-industry conference to explore these organizations' expertise and ongoing problems in biotechnology; the objective is to identify and promote opportunities for industry-laboratory collaboration in this strategically important field.

Industrial Research Exposition - The FLC Industry/Government/University Resources Chairman will lead a plenary session entitled "The Federal Laboratories: A National Resource for Technology and Innovation." Successful transfer case histories and process "How to Use the FLC" will be presented.

STRENGTHENING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AS A NATIONAL

RESOURCE

Technology transfer evokes a variety of challenges to achieve what is, in effect, a cultural revolution. We in the government sector expect diverse institutions and individuals to cooperate. The agencies and laboratories are expected to provide technical expertise and initiate and negotiate challenging contractual and financial issues, and to do so rapidly. One of the Consortium's primary responsibilities is to develop the infrastructure and national interest for cooperation between the Federal laboratories and public and private

sectors.

REGIONAL EMPHASIS

The Consortium's six geographic regions are the backbone of its national networking. The regions have developed advisors from the user communities, as required by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986. These regional advisors are identified in Appendix III. Direct financial support to regional programs began in 1988. Each region has made major strides in strengthening cooperation among the Federal laboratories and with business and governments in the regions.

Northeast: The region is developing a brochure highlighting individual laboratories' available resources for business, in cooperation with State economic development programs. Cooperating with the Mid-Atlantic region, the Northeast laboratories are participating in a demonstration project, "Lablink", using a N.J. Institute of Technology electronic mail system to assist high-technology incubator facilities. Ultimately, a facilitator at each incubator will be trained to help small businesses gain access to the laboratories.

Mid-Atlantic: Working with the University of Maryland, promising technologies from individual laboratories will be packaged into information on Cooperative R&D Agreement opportunities for presentation to industry. This project is a prototype for a major meeting of business, Agency and laboratory leaders planned for 1990. Examples of technology ready for transfer and contact lists will be input to the Bell Atlantic Gateway System, an experiment in business information services.

Southeast: A dedicated FLC Regional Service Center, working in concert with the FLC Clearinghouse, has been established to provide outreach and direct access for the region at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The projects described earlier in university centers of excellence and business spin-off case studies are projects in this Region.

Midwest: This Region organized the Manufacturing Technology Computer - Integrated Manufacturing conference described earlier. Cooperation with organizations such as the Ohio Technology Transfer Organization continued; based on this ongoing relationship, nearly 10% of OTTO's business requests were referred to Federal laboratories. This region also participated in the NIST's tristate workshop on technology transfer for State agents.

Midcontinent: In cooperation with the Far West Region a working relationship has been developed with the Center for the New West, a nonprofit organization with major emphasis on local economic development. On the basis of a detailed survey, 26 major Federal laboratories in this region, not previously involved in FLC activities, have been identified and contacted. The Oklahoma demonstration program with VOTECH was, in part, a project of this Region.

Far West: This Region has worked with the California Engineering Foundations forums on improving technology transfer to entities within the state. The Far West is a party to the cooperation with the Center for the New West. The FLC relationship with the Electric Power Research Institute grew out of this region. The region's advisors are working to promote Federal technology transfer through their constituent communities. The special session at an American Chemical Society meeting, described later, was organized by this region.

WASHINGTON, D.C. REPRESENTATIVE

In 1988 the Washington, D.C. Representative continued to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of public and private sector organizations. These working relationships, including the Industrial Research Institute, the American Chemical Society, and the American Society for Engineering Education, described elsewhere in this report, are examples of the Representative's efforts. An increased demand for technology transfer interactions has resulted from his contacts, meetings and presentations to national organizations headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area.

BUILDING LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE:

The Consortium offers the laboratories assistance in improving the skills of their technology transfer personnel and in improving their internal support for technology transfer. Transfer Methods: Through its organized semiannual meetings, the Consortium provides exposure for technology transfer officials to a variety of working cooperation models, with the opportunity for in-depth assistance. Topics in 1988 included: What Industry is Seeking from the Federal laboratories; Patenting and Licensing Experiences (GOGO and GOCO Sessions); Cooperative Research and Development Agreements; Licensing and Royalties; Breaking the Barriers to Laboratory Interactions with Small Business; Progress in Technology Transfer Across the Federal agencies; R&D: the New Agenda and the New Alliances; How Can Trade Associations Help?

A Technology Ferret program, modeled on a British effort, was planned in 1988. The first demonstration of this program will be at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, where an industry retiree will work with the laboratory patent counsel to "ferret" out technologies and expertise of previously unrecognized value to industry.

Support for the development of laboratory spin-offs to small business is being provided by the training case study project described earlier.

Several years ago the Consortium funded testing of the value of technology expositions to the laboratories, with negative results. However, with the recent surge in business participation in these expositions, the FLC is reevaluating this endeavor in 1989.

Training: Legislative changes and practical experience are increasing the demand for targeted training for individuals assigned to technology transfer. The FLC Training Subcommittee made a survey of laboratory needs and has evaluated prior training sessions. These efforts have led to two sets of training efforts:

A new half-day program, "FLC Fundamentals", has been developed to bring new laboratory representatives up to speed rapidly in both technology transfer and the value and operation of national-scale, inter-laboratory cooperation. Topics include Patents and Licensing, Cooperative R&D Agreements, Marketing, Militarily Critical Technology Issues and FLC Operations including Clearinghouse support.