JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. 2nd District, Tennessee 2400 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4202 Phone: (202) 225-5435 Fax: (202) 225-6440 800 Market Street, Suite 110 Knoxville, TN 37902 Phone: (865) 523-3772 Fax: (865) 544-0728     262 East Broadway Maryville, TN 37804-5782 Phone: (865) 985-5464 Fax: (865) 984-0521 6 East Madison Avenue Courthouse Athens, TN 37303-4297 Phone: (423) 745-4671 Fax: (423) 745-6025

Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515—4202 February 14, 2002

Committees: TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Subcommittees: Water Resources and Environment—Chairman Aviation Highways and Transit RESOURCES Subcommittees: National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands Forests and Forest health GOVERNMENT REFORM Subcommittee: Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs

Mr. Bob Gentry
The Orion Foundation
Post Office Box 12067
Knoxville, Tennessee 37912

Dear Mr. Gentry:

Thank you for contacting my office regarding your recent correspondence with the National Science Foundation (NSF). It is always a pleasure to hear from the people I represent in Congress.

I have contacted the NSF on your behalf. In order to expedite your receipt of a response to your initial inquiry to the NSF, I have asked that they respond to you directly.

Once again, thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. If there is any other way I can be of help to you, please let me know.

With kindest regards, I am

Yours truly,     JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.     Member of Congress

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