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[[underlined]]Five-Year Planning Process[[/underlined]]

Mr. Hughes third recommendation, aimed at improving the accountability of the Institution to the Congress, was that "the Regents and the Secretary should establish a five-year forward planning process for the Institution covering all activities".

In conjunction with this recommendation, steps are being taken by the Secretary and members of his Executive Committee to prepare a comprehensive statement on future activities of the Institution and associated resource expectations covering the years FY 1979 through FY 1983. Coordination and consolidation of information for the Secretary's review are being accomplished by the Assistant Secretary for Administration with the active participation of the other Executive Committee members and the Institution's budget office.

Instructions requesting the development of planning statements and other information were distributed to all of the bureaus, offices, and trust fund activities on December 16. Materials will be ready for internal reviews by the responsible Assistant Secretary or Executive Committee member beginning January 16. A preliminary report will be assembled for the Secretary by March 1. Following his review and approval, a planning document will be prepared for distribution to the Board of Regents and appropriate Congressional committees in advance of the spring appropriations hearings. A copy will be given also to the Office of Management and Budget; when the Institution has received information from Congress on the FY 1979 appropriation request, adjustments will be made to the plan and reflected in the forthcoming year's budget submission to that office.