{"id":6278,"date":"2015-07-17T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=6278"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:06:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:06:28","slug":"the-line-lab-officials-used-federal-funds-to-lobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-lab-officials-used-federal-funds-to-lobby\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Lab Officials Used Federal Funds to Lobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, 2015 &#8211; This week the Center for Public Integrity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2015\/07\/08\/17628\/nuclear-weapons-lab-lobbied-federal-funds-block-competition-lucrative-contract\">released a report<\/a> on the use of federal funds by officials at Sandia National Laboratories to lobby against their competition for a federal contract. Gene Grant and the line opinion panelists discuss the significance of this news story.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your comments here or email us (nmif@nmpbs.org).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wXoMH115nVU?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>LINE PANELISTS:<\/em><br \/>\nMark Boitano, former New Mexico state senator<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukecityfix.com\/\">dukecityfix.com<\/a><br \/>\nRob Nikolewski, <a href=\"http:\/\/watchdog.org\/category\/new-mexico\/\">Watchdog.org<\/a><br \/>\nLaura Sanchez-Riv\u00e9t, attorney <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanchezlegalsolutions.com\/\">Sanchez Legal Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, 2015 &#8211; This week the Center for Public Integrity released a report on the use of federal funds by officials at Sandia National Laboratories to lobby against their competition for a federal contract. Gene Grant and the line opinion panelists discuss the significance of this news story. What do you think? 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