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The US Needs a Unified Budget for Federal Science and Technology
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... Science, Technology, and the Federal Government: National Goals for a New Era, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, 1993 · A-2. Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology, Committee on Criteria for Federal Support for Research and Development, 1995 The US Neetis a Unified Budget for Fetters!
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... Questionable research practices, which include such actions as inappropriate inclusion of an author in a list of authors or maintaining inadequate research records, can erode confidence in the integrity of the research process and waste time and resources. Researchers and their institutions need to discourage these practices through a broad range of formal and informal means, including education, institutional policies and procedures, and peer review.
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