Amy nods quickly. She’s not hearing anything new."We’ve adopted a decentralized budgeting program in order to speed up the purchasing process, especially in regard to the research groups. The Resource Committee assigns each group a budget based on a variety of factors, including the likelihood of a particular group’s research eventually yielding a return on monies invested. From that point on, it’s largely up to the specific group leader to decide how his or her budget should be spent."