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On the recordJuly 22, 2011
To answer the question about whether it's a new program, it isn't. It was defunded back in '96. Since 2008, through GAO, we have been trying to fund it through their end and build it up since then, but still a lot of folks didn't understand that this body really does need the kind of technological development in the public and private sector and harness outside experiences in the form of advisory panels and peer review, something that GAO and CRS cannot do, and we can do it through this program. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
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Mike Honda
California

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