All sides agree that it has become significantly easier to challenge the letters' requests as well as their secrecy.
"These are no doubt challenging times for us and we don't underestimate the situation or ignore the challenges," the letter says.
"Singling out specific research studies, and implicitly questioning the integrity of the researchers conducting those studies, can be viewed as a form of intimidation that could deter scientists from freely carrying out research on important national challenges," the letter states.
We believe this would be unwise and would further damage Congress' reputation and ability to tackle the nation's challenges," the letter reads.
Ms. Combs responded to this self-inflicted challenge with a letter to each person whose name and Social Security number were left out for the thieves.
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Teams applied to the challenge through a Letter of Intent where they answered questions about their experience, role on the team and why they want to enter the challenge (Fig. 1).
I am the minority in that I embrace the query letter challenge like a kangaroo to her joey in the pouch.
Hugo award-winning American author Mary Robinette Kowal has also been "stunned" by the amount of interest in her Month of Letters Challenge, which launches today and calls on participants to send a letter almost every day throughout February.
Although these letters may contain useful and timely information, the challenge is that letters to the editor may be 'buried' inside print journals.
