1999 Marine Board General Support Cooperative Agreement

国家研究理事会(NRC)工程和技术系统委员会的海洋委员会通过提供关于海洋开发和使用以及国家实现其海洋和海洋目标的能力的评估和建议，服务于国家利益。委员会审议了以下问题：工程和技术与沿海和近海资源开发和作业的关系；与航行和海洋、水道和港口的商业的关系；与相关的人力资源和陆上活动的关系；以及它们与制定和执行公共政策的关系。委员会确定了新技术和其他发展的机会和需要，并建议采取适当行动。该委员会通过以下活动完成其方案：(1)评估进行和管理近海和海洋开发和使用的技术能力，包括支持技术开发的知识的充分性；(2)人员和环境安全的评估；(3)协助拟定和评估政府针对海洋和海洋开发和利用的方案；(4)确定未来将先进技术融入海洋和海洋系统的机会，以及技术进步对制定和执行公共政策的影响。

The Marine Board of the National Research Council's (NRC) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems serves the national interest by providing evaluations and advice concerning ocean developments and uses and the nation's ability to meet its marine and maritime goals. The Board considers questions of the relationship of engineering and technology to coastal and offshore resource development and operations; to navigation and the commerce of the seas, waterways and ports; to related human resources and onshore activities; and their relationship to the establishment and implementation of public policies. The Board identifies opportunities and needs for new technologies and other developments and recommends appropriate actions. It stimulates the exchange of information and cooperative activities and provides a forum for the national and international professional community.The activities through which the Board accomplishes its programs are: (1) assessments of the technical capability to undertake and manage offshore and maritime developments and uses, including the adequacy of knowledge to support technology development; (2) evaluations of safety of personnel and of the environment; (3) assistance in the preparation and assessment of the government's programs directed to ocean and maritime developments and uses and (4) identification of future opportunities for the integration of advanced technology into marine and maritime systems and the influence of technical advances on the establishment and implementation of public policy.