On behalf of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), we write to commend you and the National Science Board (NSB) Task Force on National Workforce Policies for Science and Engineering (S&E) for the draft report that was released for public comment on May 22, 2003. The draft report lays the foundation for a constructive and critically important discussion about the role of the federal government in helping understand and then to develop and implement policies to meet our nation’s current and future S&E workforce needs.