The political nature of civilian R&D management / Stephen A. Merrill Can you innovate in Uncle Sam's embrace? / Arlen J. Large Federal policy concerns regarding commercialization of federally funded R&D / Richard Penn Productivity in federally funded R&D programs / Albert T. Maasberg Cooperative agreements : a key to accelerated industrial innovation / Michael Michaelis The federal role in industrial energy conservation technology / Douglas G. Harvey NASA technology utilization program / Leonard A. Ault Patents and technology transfer / William O. Quesenberry Commercialization of technology through the federal laboratory consortium for technology transfer / Charles F. Miller Commercialization of R&D results / Robert J. Creagan Commercialization and the assessment of federal R&D / George Tolley and Stuart Townsend Assessing the government role in the commercialization of federally funded R&D / Alden S. Bean and J. David Roessner Federal R&D as an internal push for commercialization of technology / Clyde McKinley Commercialization of a new starch-based polymer / William M. Doane.