I first heard about Sweden's Project USA 2000 via an email from Martin Carlsson. Later I met Martin at the Distance Learning Conference in Madison, WI this past August. We talked about his team's project, I visited the Web site and thought that information from this 'investigative journey' would be of interest to readers of DESIEN. Having worked in the area of distance education for more than ten years, I find the 'six factors' highlighted in the article to be very much on target and look forward to reading the full report. - (Rosemary Lehman-DESIEN)