Why a 2010 Commerce Dept loan guarantee program for manufacturing never got off the ground

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 2:16 p.m.

b'Congress back in 2010 created a loan guarantee program to run through the Commerce Department. Its purpose was to help along technological innovation an small and medium manufacturers. But the program never got started. Why not? For some answers the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the Director for Science, Technology, Assessment and Analytics at the Government Accountability Office, Candice Wright.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'