Marine Board's General Support Program CY90

美国国家研究委员会（NRC）工程与技术系统委员会的海事局应赞助机构的要求或主动提供以下服务，以服务于国家利益：对海洋的开发和利用以及国家实现其海洋目标的能力进行评价和提供咨询意见。委员会审议工程和技术与沿海和近海资源开发和作业的关系问题；海洋、水道和港口的航行和贸易；相关人力资源和在岸活动；以及它们与公共政策的制定和实施的关系。委员会确定新技术和其他发展的机会和需要，并建议采取适当行动。它促进信息交流和合作活动，并为国家和国际专业团体提供一个论坛。委员会完成其计划的活动包括：(1)评估从事和管理近海和海事开发和利用的技术能力，包括支持技术开发的知识的充分性；（二）人员安全和环境安全评价；(3)协助准备和评估政府有关海洋和海洋开发与利用的计划；(4)确定将先进技术整合到海洋或海事系统中的未来机会，以及技术进步对公共政策制定和实施的影响。

The Marine Board of the National Research Council's (NRC) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems serves the national interest by providing as a result of requests from sponsoring agencies, or on its own initiative, 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 relation of engineering and technology to coastal and offshore resource development and operations; to navigation and the commerce of the sea, waterways, and ports; to related human resources and onshore activities; and their relation 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 program 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 or maritime systems and the influence of technical advances on the establishment and implementation of public policy.