[mmaimcal]"FYI #44 -- NSF's administrative excellence"

[Al Wootten]

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Mollohan turned his attention to the proposed program
transfers [to NSF].  Did you request these transfers, he asked the
director?  "No."  What is the rationale?  Colwell described
the "administrative excellence" of the foundation's
management.  Mollohan pressed harder: is this the sole
rationale?  After a series of give-and-takes, Colwell at last
said of the transfer plan: "It is not my highest priority."
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