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is now under study to determine its most appropriate organizational placement, to define the purpose of the program and develop appropriate sales approaches, and to curtail present financial losses.

Important activities also will take place in the other specialized administrative and technical offices.  The internal audit program will move toward its goal of reviewing all major activities on a five-year audit cycle and auditing ADP systems and computer activities on a continuing basis.  Pre-award audits and post audits of federal and trust contracts and grants will continue to be performed on a current basis as requested by contracting officers and as required by law.  A revised directives system will be developed and implemented by the management analysis office and the Institution's inventory of forms will be completed and catalogued for easy reference.  Work is underway to strengthen and augment improved budget systems for the projection of pay and benefits costs and for the assembly of appropriated and nonappropriated budget information.  The preparation of procurement documents, the transmission of procurement data to accounting, and the reporting of many types of information required by law and regulation will be greatly enhanced by the installation of word processing equipment.  Continued improvements to the Institution's property inventory and control system will be made.  Closer working relationships among the Smithsonian's procurement and contracting offices will be established and new guidelines will be issued for use by those offices having delegated authority for certain specialized types of procurement.  Arrangements for airline and hotel reservations will be facilitated by the lease of a computer reservation system.  A Smithsonian news service will be developed to provide newspapers with information on research and other programs and activities.

The facilities offices' resources, totaling $26,826,000 and 917 positions in FY 1979 will grow to $40,757,000 and 1,107 positions by FY 1985.  Most of this growth is attributable to the rising cost of utilities and to the staffing and other needs of the Museum Support Center.

During the planning period, increasing attention will be given by the facilities planning and engineering staff to the development of long-range maintenance, repair and improvement plans for all the Institution's facilities.  An additional high priority objective is to accelerate the implementation of budgeted projects by early assembly of detailed information and funding requirements so that these projects can begin within the fiscal year for which funds are made available.  Increased reliance on contractual architectural/engineering services for current year projects will hold down the need for permanent employees, but some additional planners, architects and engineers will be required to address the many needs of the Institution's buildings and for changing program emphases.  The growth in workload reflects the Institution's priority on adequate maintenance of any aging physical plant, on upgrading fire detection and suppression systems and on continued building modifications to improve

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