The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA;

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104-113) was signed into law March 7, 1996. The Act amended several existing acts and mandated new directions for federal agencies with the purpose of: * bringing technology and industrial innovation to market more quickly * encouraging cooperative research and development between business and the

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by providing access to federal laboratories * making it easier for businesses to obtain exclusive licenses to technology and inventions that result from cooperative research with the federal government The Act made a direct impact on the development of new industrial and technology standards by requiring that all Federal agencies use cooperatively developed standards, particularly those developed by standards developing organizations.

External links

National Institute of Standards and Technology NTTAA Home Page
Politics of the United States Acts of the 104th United States Congress 1996 in the United States Science and technology in the United States