01/23/2018: How a short shutdown has lasting effects on science research
Jan 23, 2018

01/23/2018: How a short shutdown has lasting effects on science research

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This government shutdown was only three days long, but the budget impasse is not over. Agencies that are reliant on the government for funding are still left wondering how much money they have to spend — and when it’ll be available. Marketplace Tech host Molly Wood talks about the loss to innovation with Nicol Turner-Lee, a fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution.  


This government shutdown was only three days long, but the budget impasse is not over. Agencies that are reliant on the government for funding are still left wondering how much money they have to spend — and when it’ll be available. Marketplace Tech host Molly Wood talks about the loss to innovation with Nicol Turner-Lee, a fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution.  

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