The Initiative, a 10-year plan to provide greater work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers, is run by the National Science Foundation (NSF), which is the leading source of Federal grants for many fields that are crucial to US technology development and job creation, including computer science, mathematics, and the social sciences.
Asher Edelman was one of the early 1980s corporate raiders, strong-arming companies like computer maker Management Assistance, real estate outfit Canal-Randolph andtechnology firm Mohawk Data Sciences.