Research Coordination.

The article analyzes several problems faced by the U.S. federal government on scientific research coordination. According to the Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations' study led by Hubert H. Humphrey, the U.S. federal government's financial support for scientific research, development, and testing amounted to $8.1 billion a year. However, the federal government found out that no complete inventory exists of the program in research and development. Furthermore, there is no central inventory of projects and no attention was given to the lack of information on project control. Another difficulty, is the increase in administrative work necessary to make published results available, as financial support also increases.