INCLUDING EXHIBITS IN THE FORM OF LETTERS,
MEMORANDUMS, AND ARTICLES

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman

KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington

1. Text of Senate Resolution 255, 86th Congress, sections 1-4, authorizing

agency coordination study..

2. Staff memorandum outlining tentative observations on the magnitude,

diversity, and interrelationship of Federal biomedical research proj-

ects_

3. Subcommittee memorandum notifying the agencies of August 11, 1960,

round table conference...

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4. Conferences and symposia sponsored by Study Sections and Division

of Research Grants of National Institutes of Health 1947-60__.

5. Chart on overlapping and related interests of Federal agencies in

biomedical research.

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6. Article in "Scope" on "Veterans' Administration Research Projects in

the Aging".

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7. Letter of July 27, 1960, from Federal Council for Science and Tech-

nology regarding interagency groups on scientific policy...

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8. Obligational history of NIH appropriations through 22 years.

9. Chart outlining intramural and extramural research by National Insti-

tutes of Health..

10. Subcommittee letter of July 7, 1960, requesting report from National

Institutes of Health on extent of its research on biomedical informa-

tion and communication and on related problems___.

11. Letter of August 22, 1960, from National Institutes of Health on ex-

tent of its research on biomedical information and communication

and on related problems..

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12. Letter of May 20, 1960, from Bio-Sciences Information Exchange de-

scribing extent of coverage of research projects supported by U.S.

Public Health Service..

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13. Excerpt from letter of August 5, 1960, from Bio-Sciences Information

Exchange on requests from National Institutes of Health for sub-

ject-type information__

14. Analyses by National Heart Institute on nature of awards by research

area and discipline___

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