1 [2]. 2  According to a 2007 study on safe staffing in Medical Care, an increase of one registered nurse (RN) per patient was associated with a 24 percent reduction in time spent in the intensive care unit and a 31 percent reduction in time spent in surgical units.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E): appropriations fund the efforts performed by contractors and government activities required for the Research and Development (R&D) of equipment, material, computer application software, and its Test and Evaluation (T&E) to include Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and Live-Fire Test ...
The 2012 GOP platform strongly supported government funding for researchâmaking government research and development the closest thing in D.C. to a bipartisan value. Government funding for research and development is a tough thing to write about. First, it mostly happens out of the public eye. Second, itâs filtered through many smaller agencies and sub-departments, making it hard to track. Itâs also subject to common misunderstandings.