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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000400060031-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 31
• Content Type: REPORT

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g. The Environmental Protection Agency said that the latest emission
standards (motorcycle exhaust) are totally metric. The majority
of standards, regulations, and guidelines are in dual units.
h. The Export-Import Bank reported that metrication would have very
little impact in its operations and areas of interest.
i. The Federal Energy Administration is currently preparing a handbook
of tables and conversion factors for combining and comparing inter-
national energy data.
The Federal Maritime Commission said that it has always accepted
metric units, as well as customary. To allow for further conversion,
a review of FMC's rules has been undertaken to determine what changes
will be necessary to effect full conversion.
k. The Federal Reserve System is observing developments concerning
metrication rather than developing programs.
1. The General Services Administration has developed a video-tape
briefing that will be used to educate all GSA personnel.
in. The Government Printing Office said that the rate at which GPO
converts is tied to a large degree to how rapidly both printers
and the paper industry respond to metric conversion. Thus far GPO
has been an active member of the Printing Industries of America
Metrication Committee, established an in-house metric committee,
conducted in-house educational programs, converted press sizes
from inches to centimeters, and put dual dimensioning on drawings
and paper weight specifications.
n. The National Labor Relations Board has determined that the significant
impact of metrication for the Board lies in the area of Federal
procurement standards and policies.
o. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is actively participating in
ANMC's Power Generation Sector.
The U.S. Information Agency reported that many USIA employees
are familiar with and work with metric units.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has appointed metric
representatives in its six commodity divisions to keep current
awareness of metrication activities and their impacts.
Attached is a list of the proposed divisions and those agencies which
expressed an interest in each of the divisions. Also listed are other
divisions which were suggested by the respondents.
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Synopsis of Formal Agency Metric Policy Statement - March 1977
Department of Defense
A Department of Defense Directive dated December 10, 1976, and entitled
"Use of the Metric System of Measurement" establishes policies for the
use of the metric system of measurement in the DoD. The policies appear
to be much more detailed than those of any other agency. The two most
important policy statements seem to be:
A. The Department of Defense will consider the use of the metric system
in all of its activities consistent with operational, economical,
technical, and safety requirements.
B. The metric system will be considered for use in all new designs.
When it is deemed not to be in the best interest of the DoD to
provide metric design, justification shall be provided. Further,
it will be considered in the procurement of all supplies and services.
Civil Aeronautics Board
The CAB issued a press release June 18, 1976, (CAB 76-89) announcing that
it would include metric conversion tables in its major statistical
publications. Board publications which will include metric conversion
tables are:
Air Carrier Traffic Statistics
Quarterly Interim Financial Peport
Airport Activity Statistics
Handbook of Airline Statistics
Aircraft Operating Cost and Performance Report
Domestic Jet Trends
Trends in All-Cargo Service
Wide-Bodied Jet Aircraft Operating Cost and Performance Report
Airline Industry Economic Report
Airfreight Forwarder Economic Report
Freight Loss and Damage.
Federal Communications Commission
The FCC issued a Public Fotice dated August 3, 1976, announcing a
program to facilitate development and use of a single system of units
in the FCC rules. Metric units will be used in all new and amended rules.
Metric units will also be used on all applications, after complete
conversion to metric units in the rules is accomplished. In the interim,
the measurement system that is used in the relevant rules when filing
an application should be used.
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Proposed Divisions and Expressed Agency Interest
CONSTRUCTION
Department
of
Agriculture
Department
of
Defense
Department
of
Housing and Urban Development
Department
of
the Interior
Department
of
Transportation
Central Intelligence Agency
Energy Research and Development Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Technology Assessment
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Information Agency
U.S. Postal Service
Veterans Administration
CONSUMER
Department of Agriculture
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Labor
Community Services Administration
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Energy Administration
Federal Power Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Office of Technology Assessment
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. International Trade Commission
AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING
Department of Defense
Department of Labor
Community Services Administration
Federal Communications Commission
National AeronautiSs and Space Administration
Office of Technology Assessment
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Information Agency
U.S. Postal Service
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PROCUREMENT
Department of Defense
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Central Intelligence Agency
Energy Research and Development Administration
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Labor Relations Board
Office of Technology Assessment
Small Business Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Information Agency
U.S. Postal Service
Veterans Administration
PUBLIC INFORMATION
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Labor
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Energy Administration
Federal Power Commission
Office of Technology Assessment
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Postal Service
OTHER
Antitrust - Federal Trade Commission
Computer - General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Domestic Production and Consumption - U.S. International Trade Commission
Exports and Imports - U.S. International Trade Commission
Finance and Banking - Federal Reserve System
Medical - Veterans Administration
Museum Programs - Smithsonian Institution
Printing - Government Printing Office
Problems of the Poor - Community Services Administration
Record Maintenance General Services Administration
Small Business - 'Small Business Administration
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METRICATION SUBCOMMITTEE, ICSP
FEBRUARY 1977
Agency
Coordinator
Date
1. Does your agency have a formal policy on metric use? Yes No_
If yes, please include copy with questionnaire.
If not, is your agency working on one? Yes No_4_
2. Does your agency have a formal structure set up to deal with metric
conversion? Yes No
If yes, please include description.
If not, is your agency establishing one? Yes No
3. Does your agency have a metric conversion plan? Yes-_.._ No
If yes, please include.
If not, is your agency working on one? Yes No
4. Please describe any newsworthy metric conversion activities in
which your agency has been involved.
5. Which of the following sectors does your agency have a significant
interest in (sectors which may be affected by metric conversion)?
Consumer
Public Information
Legislation, Regulation, Legal
Procurement
Transportation
Construction
Fuel and Power
Education and Training
Metric Practice and Preferred Units
Other (please identify)
6. Identify other Federal agencies which you believe would be significantly
affected by metric conversion actions your agency would take withir,
the sectors you have checked under question 5.
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