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[[table, 3 columns]]
 |  | [[underlined]] FY 1980
Source of Funds | Full-Time Employment | Funds ($000s) [[/underlined]]

Federal Salaries
 & Expenses | 70 | $ 2,326
Unrestricted trust | 57 | 9,130
Restricted trust | 0 | 8
Federal Grants
 & Contracts | [[underlined]] 0 | 15 [[/underlined]]
Total | 127 | $11,479 [[/table]]

[[underlined]] Unrestricted trust fund [[/underlined]] support is, for the most part, concentrated in the expenses of the Smithsonian Exposition Books program, the Division of Performing Arts, and the Smithsonian Press.  The Visitor Information and Associates Reception Center is operated primarily with trust funds, but additional appropriated resources will be needed over the planning period.  [[underlined]] Restricted [[/underlined]] purpose funds are occasionally obtained for support of special activities sponsored by various units such as the Division of Performing Arts.  Likewise, occasional [[underlined]] federal grants and contracts [[/underlined]] fund portions of publications and other educational endeavors.

[[underlined]] Federal appropriations [[/underlined]] largely support the publication of the basic technical and scientific series distributed by the Government Printing Office; the exchange of medical, scientific, and technical publications between this country and foreign nations; and the core support provided for staff, exhibitions, and research of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.  Over the next five years most Public Service functions will operate near their present level of federal funding, with staff and dollar resources added only to meet the most urgent needs.  Increased federal support will be requested for the Visitors Information and Associates Reception Center to provide improved services to visitors and to individuals making inquiries about institutional activities via letters and telephone.  Growth is expected to occur in trust support, particularly with regard to increased production expenses associated with the Division of Performing Arts and the Exposition Books program.

[[underlined]] Future Year Prospectus
Office of Telecommunications [[/underlined]].  The Institution creates radio, film and television programs to take the museums and their myriad activities to the people throughout the country.  Over the next five years several changes will take place in electronic technology which may change the viewing and listening habits for millions of Americans.  The Institution, in preparation for these changes, is involved in the research, study and development of pilot programs for the rapidly growing cable television and home video industries.  With cable television increasing in popularity and with the advent of video playback instruments for regular family use, the 1980's could see the large-scale beginnings of more diverse and selective viewing audiences.  The Smithsonian plans to be producing quality programming that will reach these more specialized viewers in this country and abroad.