The need for this plan has been evident for 8 years, and in the meantime, the Department either has to freeze all of its technology acquisitions, because it does not really know what it needs--and that puts us at risk--or it has to proceed with acquisitions that may end up wasting more millions of dollars.
Collins emphasizes the urgency of a strategic plan to avoid wasting resources.
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It appears that there is good faith on the Democratic side to try to pass the CR and avoid a government shutdown, which is always a disaster.
“It’s appalling to me that some of the rhetoric is coming from public officials on both sides of the aisle who should know better than to levy personal and political attacks against the judiciary and the court specifically,” Collins said.
I took particular issue with the provision that would allow political appointees to review grant proposals, noting that it would undermine the goal of awarding funds 'based on scientific merit and value, rather than political ideology.'
They don’t have them yet. The orders were placed, but they couldn’t [process] the orders when the government was shut down.
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