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ERIC Number: EJ469185
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0164-0259
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The Office of Technical Services: A New Deal Idea in the Cold War.
Stewart, Robert K.
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, v15 n1 p44-77 Sep 1993
Reviews and analyzes a key legislative initiative following World War II which sought to assign to the federal government a role in gathering and communicating scientific and technical information to private industry. Creation of the Office of Technical Services and its eventual transformation to the National and Technical Information Service is described. (Contains 84 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Government Role, Industry, Information Dissemination, Private Sector, Public Agencies, Scientific and Technical Information, World War II
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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