R&D Funding: The Department of Education in Perspective

PEMD-88-18FS Published: May 13, 1988. Publicly Released: May 25, 1988.

Highlights

In response to a congressional request, GAO: (1) compared the Department of Education's history of fiscal resources for other departments and agencies' R&D budget histories; and (2) described the relationship between administration budget requests and congressional appropriations for education research and statistics.

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