Tag: congress
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Energy Innovation Funds Were Illegally Withheld by Trump Administration
The GAO said the Trump administration had violated the Impoundment Control Act by not spending $91 million that was intended for the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Administration officials planned to cancel half of the unspent $91 million and use the other half to shut down the program. “When Congress provides money for…
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Innovation is not high-tech expensive equipaments
University of Florida Innovation vs. the ants When cutting-edge research labs get old, they face a new kind of challenge: Upkeep is expensive, and it’s not sexy. Put expensive high-tech scientific equipment in a former citrus packing house more than 60 years old, throw in an overworked air conditioner, a corroding foundation, and the sticky…