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.s. Stimulus Funding Is Boosting Innovation
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The White House recently published its first analysis of the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus package on advances in science and health, claiming successes in funding innovation in fields such as solar power, electronic health records, high-speed rail, and new battery technologies.
The report focused on the $100 billion invested in four research areas to develop "game-changing breakthroughs"—modernizing transport, jumpstarting the renewable energy sector, building a platform for private-sector innovation through various investments, and investing in ground-breaking medical research. The report says ARRA provided $4.4 billion to the U.S. Department of Commerce and $2.5 billion to the Department of Agriculture to increase broadband access in rural areas as well as $20 billion in health information technology to boost advances in electronic health records, electronic prescribing, electronic care, and community health initiatives.
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