Nomination: Hearing Before the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, on Hubert B. Heffner, of California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology, July 9, 1969

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Page 5 - Director. The Director shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,500 per annum.
Page 4 - Major policies, plans, and programs of science and technology of the various agencies of the Federal Government, giving appropriate emphasis to the relationship of science and technology to national security and foreign policy, and measures for furthering science and technology in the Nation. 2. Assessment of selected scientific and technical developments and programs in relation to their impact on national policies.
Page 7 - Incidental transfers, a. So much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held available, or to be made available in connection with the functions transferred to the...
Page 4 - Foundation is authorized and directed— (1) to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences...
Page 6 - States and foreign countries (6) to evaluate scientific research programs undertaken by agencies of the Federal Government, and to correlate the Foundation's scientific research programs with those undertaken by individuals and by public and private research groups...
Page 4 - ... 4. Assuring that good and close relations exist with the Nation's scientific and engineering communities so as to further in every appropriate way their participation in strengthening science and technology in the United States and the free world. 5. Such other matters consonant with law as may be assigned by the President to the Office.
Page 6 - Committee shall be two years, except that (A) any member elected to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was elected shall be elected for the remainder of such term; and (B) the term of office of four of the members first elected after the date of enactment of this Act shall be one year. (3) Any person who has been a member of...
Page 4 - Assistant serves as Chairman of both the President's Science Advisory Committee and the Federal Council for Science and Technology mentioned below.
Page 6 - Director, except with the approval of the Board, hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Foundation makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act.
Page 2 - From 1952 to 1954 he was a member of the technical staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories where he was engaged in research on electron beam dynamics.

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