June 18, 2004

Federal Grading System Gives University Research High Marks

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

For the past three years, the White House Office of Management and Budget has been developing a system to grade all federal agencies on their performance, including those that pay for basic scientific research at universities.

At a meeting here last month, experts convened by the National Academy of Sciences offered their own report card on the administration's efforts: a promising start, but incomplete. In particular, some officials said the evaluations may be missing some key

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