An audit report from the US Department of Energy's inspector-general has criticized the branch of the department that specializes in funding high-risk, high-payoff research. The 22 August report says that the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) lacked policies to ensure oversight and monitoring of awards worth US$368.6 million, many of them made from funds received through the 2009 stimulus bill. ARPA-E says it is remedying the situation. But the report may fuel political concern: it comes just three months after the House of Representatives recommended cutting the agency's $ 180-million budget by 45% for 2012. See go.nature. com/qkojko for more.
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机译：美国能源部监察长的一份审计报告批评该部门专门为高风险，高回报研究提供资金的部门。 8月22日的报告说，美国能源高级研究计划局（ARPA-E）缺乏确保监督和监督价值3.686亿美元的奖项的政策，其中许多是通过2009年刺激法案获得的资金而获得的。 ARPA-E表示正在纠正这种情况。但是这份报告可能会引起政治上的关注：就在众议院建议将该机构2012年1.8亿美元的预算削减45％之后的仅仅三个月。 com / qkojko了解更多。
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