Abstract :
As a central component of the Department of Defense´s Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) contributes to the management and conduct of defense research, development, and acquisition efforts by providing access to and transfer of scientific, technical, and management information for DoD personnel, DoD contractors and potential contractors, and other US government personnel and their contractors. Transferring information about current knowledge such as new bioengineering developments with inertial loading effecting helmet mounted devices, robotics, functional characterization of odorant receptors, etc., is vitally important to the creation of new knowledge. The products and services offered by DTIC provide an invaluable source of information to both the government and contractor communities in their efforts to identify and develop dual use technologies. Such products and services include: active participation in the Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR) solicitations; management of a domestic technology research database; access to more than 1,000 commercial and government databases; Internet service via public access gophers, web clients, WAIS and Listservers
Keywords :
Internet; information centres; information dissemination; medical information systems; military computing; personnel; DTIC; Defense Technical Information Center; Department of Defense; Internet; Listservers; Scientific and Technical Information Program; Small Business Innovative Research Program; WAIS; bioengineering developments; defense research; domestic technology research database; dual use technologies; government personnel; information source; management information; military personnel; public access gophers; scientific information; technical information; web clients; Biomedical engineering; Business; Databases; Information management; Information resources; Innovation management; Personnel; Research and development management; Robots; US Government;
