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The US government plays three roles in US R&D: provider of funds, owner of facilities, and performer of R&D
The approximately 1100+ US national laboratories account for 11% of total US R&D spend (ie 32% of total government spend)
GOCO (Government Owned Contractor Operated), FFRDC (Federally Funded Research Center) and GOGO (Government Owned Government Operated) are three different subsets of the national labs
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The US government
plays three roles in US R&D: provider of funds, owner of facilities,
and performer of R&D
The approximately
1100+ US national laboratories account for 11% of total US R&D spend
(ie 32% of total government spend)
GOCO (Government
Owned Contractor Operated), FFRDC (Federally Funded Research Center) and
GOGO (Government Owned Government Operated) are three different subsets
of the national labs