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A committee under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy undertook a detailed and in-depth examination of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). The resulting report, An Assessment of ARPA-E, appraises the appropriateness and effectiveness of ARPA-E's processes and operations to achieve its mission and goals. It also presents a retrospective and technical assessment of ARPA-E. The study’s committee of experts relied on quantitative and qualitative analyses to develop a set of findings and recommendations to the agency and to Congress.
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An Assessment of ARPA-E
Consensus Study Report
·2017
In 2005, the National Research Council report Rising Above the Gathering Storm recommended a new way for the federal government to spur technological breakthroughs in the energy sector. It recommended the creation of a new agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, as an adapta...
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