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authorization to play a stronger role, aiding OSTP and State by handling 

 data gathering and analysis and helping in an evaluative role. It also 

 wants to improve these functions for the programs which the NSF itself 

 carries out. It has studied organizational strengthening to do that and 

 is in the process of deciding what it can do organizationally at this 

 time. 



Personally, I think the voice of international cooperation in science 

 should be stronger in NSF. Also, I believe that OSTP and State, with 

 help from NSF, should be more tightly-knit in coordinating the many 

 program operations and should do a better analysis and evaluation of 

 individual programs and the totality of international cooperation in 

 science. 



