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U.S. PUBLIC SECTOR: Agency Kills New Performance Rules
Jeffrey Mervis
A plan by a U.S. government agency to reward or punish its scientists based on their ability to drum up paying customers has been withdrawn after a watchdog group complained that it would make the researchers "sing for their supper."