Sally,
A committee of the Arkansas Legislature tried this briefly in the early
70s.  After the then research coordinator (research administrator) gave the
committee a sampling of highly technical research proposals, they quickly
changed their mind.  One of the examples was a mathematics proposal to NSF
wherein the project description was a one sentence short paragraph
discussing  "martingales".  Martingales was the most recognizable word in
the sentence and had nothing to do with the bird, which of course they and
I did not know at that time.
Regards,
Johnnie

At 01:23 PM 2/5/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Our state legislature recently introduced a bill requiring state-level
review of
>proposals submitted by all state agencies (including higher education) to any
>federal or nonfederal sponsor.  In this bill, the state office responsible
for
>such a review would have 30 days in which to review the proposal, write a
>detailed report, and either approve or reject the proposal.  If it is
approved,
>then it can be submitted to the sponsor.  If it is rejected, then it can't.
>
>We have gathered information on how this would impact our institution, and
>representatives have testified before the committee reviewing the bill.
You can
>imagine our testimony on this prospect.
>
>Now that we are in a lull in activity, I am curious.  Is there ANY other
state
>that  has such a requirement?  Any contemplating one?
>
>Sally
>
>
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