Estimating the cost of administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Congress is in the process of reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which expires in 2008. One issue being considered in the reauthorization is whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. Currently,...

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Autor principal: Sŏng, So-mi (-)
Otros Autores: Horn, Kenneth, Held, Bruce
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corp 2008.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation)
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Sumario:Congress is in the process of reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which expires in 2008. One issue being considered in the reauthorization is whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. Currently, the use of SBIR funds to administer the SBIR program is prohibited, and SBIR administration must be funded from other sources. The authors estimate that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends, on average, an additional 6 percent on top of the SBIR set-asides to administer its SBIR program. That
Notas:"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (31 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781281430168
9786611430160