Oversight

An Assessment of Federal Funding for Private Research and Development

Date: May 26, 2005
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

The purpose of this hearing is to focus on the effectiveness of federal financing of private research and development. Other issues that will be discussed include whether some federal programs such as the advanced technology programs result in the development of new technologies or merely displace private investment.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Robin

Nazzaro

Director

Government Accountability Office

Panel 1

Brian

Reidl

Grover M. Hermann Fellow for Federal Budgetary Affairs

The Heritage Foundation

Panel 1

Charles W.

Wessner

Director for Technology and Innovation

Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy The National Academies