'We have a five-year plan that was based on the involvement of many industry representatives,government representatives,representatives from the academic community and the research community'

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after years of segregation in research,when the government was not involved in industry research activity,we've gradually earned a place of some trust at the table,where we plan research together and cooperatively fund research according to a predetermined plan," she says.For pipeline safety research,Gerard notes,"we have a five-year plan that was based on the involvement of many industry representatives,government representatives,representatives from the academic community and the research community." She acknowledges that the involvement of a regulator in the development of technologies that will be used by regulated companies "is something that a lot of people are skeptical about,because if the government knows about it,then it's going to become a regulation-and not a good regulation,either."