2 Railroad Commission Funding Issues Making News. 1 Common thread.

• Improved Technology.
  • ​$9 million to improve its information technology in its $44.9 million  supplmental requst
  • Houston Chronicle | Energy agency’s technology is in a time warp
• Quake Science.
  • ​$3.4 million from Texas lawmakers to continue operating a network of seismographs installed over the past two years
  • Ft. Worth Star Telegram | Lawmakers, scientists seek millions to study Texas earthquake data

What do these two funding requests have in common? Technology & Science for 2016.