[mturmon]

I'm puzzled by this comment. Are you talking about GISS, the small Columbia-U. adjacent NASA institute that specializes in climate? Because there is no "climate science division" at NASA -- that activity is spread out over several centers, besides GISS, most prominently at GSFC (Maryland) and, to some extent, JPL (California). The post here, for instance, was released by JPL. Additional climate work goes on at NOAA, NCAR, etc.

I'm also puzzled by the "run by Congress"/"little autonomy" comment, which is not true.