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Of the five types of contractors used for evaluative studies of foreign S&T in the physical sciences and engineering, other Government agencies--the least used--represented also the least efficient. According to OSI experience, other Government agencies are generally busy with their own problems and lack incentive to adapt themselves to the requirements of this type of project. Relations with universities were more fruitful, but there was a wide variation in performance, depending usually on the competence of the particular people assigned to the OSI project. Frequently, progress on university contracts was hampered by travel plans, summer vacations, and the press of other work. Also, academic personnel frequently failed to
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