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The Office of Program Administration
and Policy Development provides managerial, technical and administrative
support to the Director of Research in the planning and direction of research
and development programs in a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines.
Specific functions include:
- performing special studies involving major NRL programs and resource issues;
- providing administrative support in the areas of personnel, budget, facilities, equipment, and security;
- reviewing and managing the Director of Research's correspondence;
- providing management information and analysis for various aspects of the research program effort;
- coordinating VIP and foreign visits to NRL;
- managing NRL facilities;
- managing the NRL Directives System;
- coordinating unsolicited proposals, congressional correspondence, and other external inquiries;
- maintaining the NRL Research and Development achievements file;
- reviewing and interpreting external Navy and Department of Defense directives addressed to NRL;
- coordinating the Independent Research and Development program;
- developing guidance for and monitoring the 6.1 (basic research) Program and 6.2 (exploratory development) Program;
- coordinating the NRL-National Research Council (NRC) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) Postdoctoral Resident
Research Associateship Programs, NRL-U.S. Naval Academy Faculty Co-op Program, Navy American Society for Engineering
Education (ASEE) Program, and other special Navy programs;
- interacting with Office of Naval Research (ONR) Headquarters and the Research and Development Centers;
- assisting in the development of NRL's five-year Plan.
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