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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to open up competition for the contract to operate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) currently managed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This decision marks a significant change in the management structure of JPL, which has been overseen by Caltech since its inception.
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