Energy R&D: Changes in Federal Funding Criteria and Industry Response
RCED-87-26
Published: Feb 09, 1987. Publicly Released: Feb 11, 1987.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) research and development (R&D) policy of emphasizing long-term, high-risk, high-payoff technologies, to determine whether: (1) DOE fairly applied the policy across the board; and (2) industry has undertaken energy R&D as a result of this policy.
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