Sounds like interview prep. I know the significant increase in NDAs has been addressed someone in the last month. I don't remember if it was it's own thread or an off topic in a thread on a different subject. That'll make it harder to locate, but still searchable. I know the human genome project was one of the things mentioned. Depends on the context as to whether that's usable or not. If they're saying it was an average of 500 per year before 2000 and near 10000 in 2006 then maybe. If they're saying 500 in 2000 and 10000 in 2001 then it's too close the the end of HGP for that to be possible. I forget the other comments, but if you use Human Genome Project as your keywords that should bring it up.
