> The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
> which is responsible for the process, has moved from talking of a
> successor to talking of 'augmentation'.
>

NIST hasn't moved; the 2007 call for submission reads the following:
"NIST has decided that it is prudent to develop a new hash algorithm
to augment and revise FIPS 180–2."
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/documents/FR_Notice_Nov07.pdf
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