New NSF Director Selected (Update-Maybe)

That may be true at some level, depending on how one defines "tapped," but according to the White House definition, which is the one that matters, this information is false.

"No decision has been made," says Rick Weiss, who handles communications at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Weiss' boss is John Holdren, the president's chief science advisor, who would presumably know.

Weiss didn't have much to add beyond that. He said he couldn't confirm Suresh as a potential or leading candidate, nor could he provide any clues as to the timing of an announcement.