# The people setting research priorities at AFRL are often not technical Given that [[People who have done a thing should be in charge of a thing]] you would expect that the quality of the research would go down. Is this true for the rest of the government? ### Reference * [[Jeff Graham Conversation 2020-04-17]] ### Related [[Air Force Research Laboratory - AFRL]] <!-- #case-study --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+people+setting+research+priorities+at+AFRL+are+often+not+technical) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+people+setting+research+priorities+at+AFRL+are+often+not+technical)