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Michael Arcuri: “I would just point out what this amendment does is it attempts to get the private sector more engaged by promoting…”

On the recordJune 12, 2008
I would just point out what this amendment does is it attempts to get the private sector more engaged by promoting within NASA the push to transfer not from the public sector, not to just have this go from the public sector to the universities, but from the public sector to the private sector, to get the private sector more engaged and more involved in distributing the information. So that is slightly different than what I think the bill has because we do attempt to get the private sector more engaged. After all, that is probably the best way, by using the market system, to get the information out.
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Michael Arcuri
New York

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Discussing an amendment aimed at increasing private sector engagement in NASA.

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