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WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY?
- A comprehensive, reliable, up-to-date accounting and description of overall inventory.
WHY IS THERE A TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY?
- To provide a single source of information about developed technologies.
- To reduce the collection of data on an ad-hoc basis.
- To show linkages between technology tasks and enterprise challenges/needs.
- To track distribution of technology.
HOW IS THE TASK TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY USED?
- To view then total investment in technology and the distribution of technology among new, mid, and far-term investments.
- To identify technology investment in specific areas across the agency.
- To track technology within a center/program/project.
- To determine how to match technology investments to user needs.
- To investigate partnering opportunities.
- To support requests for technology information from external agencies.
- To share information with other interested parties: government agencies, selected contractors/grantees, others as approved by enterprises.