Technology Centers
Energy Science and Technology Software Center (ESTSC)
Kim Buckner, Program Manager
P.O. Box 1020
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-1020
(423) 576-2606
Fax: (423) 576-6436 or 2865
E-Mail: estsc@adonis.osti.gov
General Information
(423) 576-2606
E-Mail: estsc@adonis.osti.gov
URL: http://www.osti.gov/estsc
ESTSC is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) centralized software management facility. Operated by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), the ESTSC licenses and distributes Federally-funded software developed by the national laboratories, other facilities and contractors of DOE, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This software represents the latest in Federal technology. In addition, the collection contains selected software from the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), in France, of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The ESTSC collects, processes, and disseminates scientific and technical software to the DOE community, other government organizations and their contractors, educational institutions, and the public, as appropriate; checks for package completeness; executes test cases, as requested; provides assistance and consultation on software implementation; and publishes descriptions of new and updated software packages for users. An on-line searchable software catalog and other information about ESTSC is available via the ESTSC Home Page.
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
Pittsburgh Location
P.O. Box 10940
626 Cochrans Mill Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940
(412) 892-6122
Fax: (412) 892-6127
Morgantown Location
P.O. Box 880
3610 Collins Ferry Road
Morgantown, WV 26507-0880
(304) 285-4511
Fax: (304) 285-4292
The FETC mission: We Solve National Energy and Environmental Problems
FETC, a field organization of the U.S. Department of Energy, is an industry-focused organization that conducts and manages national, regional, and international technology development programs. Its business model is based on partnerships that include industry, universities, not-for-profit organizations, and national laboratories, as well as other government agencies, to produce relevant products and services as solutions to national energy and environmental problems.
FETC’s projects span eight major business lines: Clean Affordable Power Systems, Clean Affordable fuels, Industrial Technology, Global Climate Change, Environmental Management, Watershed Science and Technology, Energy and Environmental Technology and Business Services, and Critical Infrastructure Protection.
FETC employs approximately 1,100 Federal and support-service contractor employees at its two sites located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Morgantown, West Virginia. It is the implementing arm of the DOE Office of Fossil Energy, and is the largest fossil energy research organization in the United States.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Robert Noun, Director
Communications and Public Affairs
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 275-3026
Fax: (303) 275-3097
NREL focuses on energy efficiency and renewable energy technology development in the four major energy use sectors--buildings, industry, transportation, and utilities--in support of DOE's Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. As the principal laboratory for basic and applied research and development in the renewable energy conversion technologies, NREL conducts exploratory studies, experimentation and testing in its own facilities, and supports contract research and development with industries and universities throughout the country.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
(703) 605-6000
This organization is the cornerstone of the U.S. government's structure for Scientific Technical Engineering Information (STEI) dissemination to the public with special emphasis on small business and industry. An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIS is the central resource for the public sale of U.S. government-sponsored research results--reports available in various formats. The NTIS user community includes scientists, engineers, business people, librarians, and information specialists in government, academia, and the general public. NTIS is self-supporting.
The diversity of the NTIS collection is wide. The NTIS Bibliographic Database consists of reports describing research conducted or sponsored by Federal agencies and their contractors; statistical and business information; audiovisual products; computer software and electronic databases developed by Federal agencies; and technical reports prepared by research organizations worldwide.
The Federal Research in Progress (FEDRIP) Database provides access to information about ongoing federally funded projects in the field of the physical sciences, engineering, and life sciences. More than 10 Federal agencies input data to FEDRIP. The ongoing research announced in FEDRIP is an important component to the technology-transfer process in the United States.
FedWorld, the NTIS electronic information network, provides public access to thousands of government documents, connects to several hundred Federal online systems, and offers instant electronic delivery of selected products from NTIS. NTIS provides both dial-up and Internet access to information from numerous government agencies and programs, at no charge to the public.
On NTIS' Web site, users can easily browse for government-produced information by subject such as business, environment, health and safety, and more. If interests are broader, users simply click to other pages on the NTIS Web site. The NTIS Web site can be found at http://www.ntis.gov.
The major contributors to the NTIS collection are NASA, DOD, DOE, and EPA. In addition, approximately 25 percent of all new titles are from international sources through various exchange agreements. Commercial database suppliers such as Dialog (Knight-Ridder Information Services, Inc.), Questel-Orbit, STN International/Cas and others provide electronic access worldwide to the STEI collected by NTIS
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Walter L. Warnick, Director
R. Charles Morgan, Deputy Director/Manager
Department of Energy
P.O. Box 62
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
(865) 576-1188
Fax: (865) 576-2865
URL: http://www.osti.gov
Provides direction and leadership for the department-wide Scientific and Technical Information Program that serves information needs of DOE and contractor facilities. Collects, processes, and disseminates information resulting from DOE research projects, as well as worldwide information on subjects of interest to DOE researchers. Serves as central processing and distribution point and repository for DOE scientific and technical reports. Develops databases to provide access to energy-related literature, DOE research in progress, and DOE-developed software. Develops specialized information systems and products in response to needs of DOE program managers. Represents DOE in international technical information exchanges, i.e., the International Energy Agency and the international Atomic Energy Agency. Also provides energy information to the U.S. public through the National Technical Information Service.
OSTI has developed EnergyFiles Virtual Library of Energy Science and Technology http://www.osti.gov/energyfiles/) under which DOE’s resources are linked and electronically accessible to world- wide users, free of charge. EnergyFiles provides: nearly 5 million bibliographic references to DOE and worldwide energy research results; more than 33,000 fully searchable, full-text reports; descriptions of 14,000 active DOE research projects; and links to over 400 scholarly collections of energy-related scientific and technical information with some full-text, if available. Distributed search mechanisms provide full-text searching across selected databases or web sites using a single search query. DOE Information Bridge (http://www.doe.gov/bridge) a major component of EnergyFiles, provides access and delivery for more than 44,000 full-text DOE reports and nearly 5 million bibliographic references to DOE and worldwide energy research results. Another component, DOE R&D Project Summaries ( http://www.doe.gov/rnd/), has descriptions of more than 14,000 active DOE research projects within DOE and is fully searchable providing public accountability for DOE’s R&D investment.
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