America Competes Act: Overall Appropriations Have Increased and Have Mainly Funded Existing Federal Research Entities

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By Frank Rusco (au)
Year: 2013
Pages: 35
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-4768-4

Product Code: 145784768X

Description

Scientific and technological innovation and a workforce educated in STEM fields are critical to long-term U.S. economic competitiveness. Leaders in government, business, and education have expressed concern about the nationäó»s ability to compete with other technologically advanced countries in these fields. In this context, Congress passed COMPETES 2007 and reauthorized the act with COMPETES 2010, each with the overall goal of investing in research and development to improve U.S. competitiveness. Among other things, the acts specifically authorized funding for certain programs. This report examined (1) the extent to which funding was appropriated under the authorization of COMPETES 2007 and COMPETES 2010 and (2) what recent evaluations suggest about how programs for which the acts specifically authorized funding are working. Figures. This is a print on demand report.

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