go above sp ir. come to our office and i own sbir for the department now. go above sp ir and we will try them first but if they don't agree that your objection is valid raise it to a higher level and will look at it. i am on the lookout for non- value added processes. but i can't identify them by ourselves and i could spend all day looking at i would never get anything else done. >> bring to us what you think is not value-added and we will look at it. we will. the secretary has made exactly that same point to larger industry. tell us what you think is broken and we will look at it. we won't guarantee to decide in your favor but you will get a hearing. the second part of your question, how to deal with the value of death, the reality is most things that come out of sbir should die. okay? just because someone has a clever, new idea does not mean it is a good idea. the purpose of seedlings and sbir programs and other innovative ways to try to get ideas out is to see if they are good. how to get the good ones to the valley of death -- this is a long-held proble

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