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Panel Discussion: Government Session
Pages 116-118

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... Dehmer: Education is not a prime mission in terms of the Energy Policy Act for the Department of Energy, but we take this issue very seriously. The national laboratories all have large educational activities, which have been regrettably cut by Congress in the last year.
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From page 117...
... Jack Gibbons, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to all of the agencies that have science and technology elements. The memo noted that OSTP is working with OMB to review the performance and strategic plans of the agencies with respect to R&D to ensure that these plans don't totally miss out on some element required by GPRA.
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... That part of the agency is particularly vulnerable, because the Joint Chiefs of Staff don't see that investment translating into battlefield superiority on any time scale that is within their watch. With the Department of Defense budget being under pressure and the numbers of forces, ships, and airplanes being reduced, I have heard unfortunate news about decisions on certain elements of research laboratories' budgets, which I hope isn't true.
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