Testimony on Following the Money: Accountability and Transparency in Recovery Act Science Funding

Eileen Norcross | Mar 19, 2009

This testimony on "Following the Money: Accountability and Transparency in Recovery Act Science Funding" was presented to the House Committee on Science and Technology on March 19, 2009.

Eileen Norcross is a senior research fellow with the Social Change Project and the lead researcher on the State and Local Policy Project. Her work focuses on the question of how societies sustain prosperity and the role civil society plays in supporting economic resiliency. Her areas of research include fiscal federalism and institutions, state and local governments, and economic development.

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Accountability, Government Reform, Housing and Urban Development, Hurricane Katrina - Gulf Coast Recovery, Oversight, Performance Report Scorecard, State and Local Government

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