Witness warns National Science Board removals could limit NSF oversight
Julia Phillips told senators that removals of National Science Board members curtailed oversight and transparency over NSF operations and publications; witnesses and senators discussed potential chilling effects and the board's statutory roles.
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Julia Phillips, a former member and committee chair of the National Science Board, said the board serves both as NSF's board of directors and as an adviser to the president and Congress on the state of science and engineering. She described the board's roles and said recent removals of board members will complicate oversight and reduce access to information. "It is stated that the National Science Board has two roles... to serve as the board of directors for the National Science Foundation," Phillips said.
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