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[[underlined]] Unrestricted trust funds [[/underlined]] reflecting the services they provide.  Primarily these funds are used for personnel who perform assignments similar to those of staff paid from appropriated funds.  Several support units administer unrestricted trust funds for more specialized purposes.  The Office of Printing and Photographic Services receives income from the sale of photographic materials to the public.  The computer cost center of the Office of Computer Services and the audiovisual unit of the Office of Plant Services operate on a cost recovery basis by charging users for the services provided.

[[underlined]] Future year Prospectus [[/underlined]]

Major emphasis of the [[underlined]] central management offices [[/underlined]] will be the realization of the Quadrangle project, the strengthening of the Institution's equal opportunity and affirmative action programs and the supervision of the administrative and support functions to assure their responsiveness to the needs of the research, collections management, and public education functions. Continued strong attention will be given to the legal oversight of and counseling on the Smithsonian's programs and to the continued improvement of financial management, accounting, monitoring, and reporting systems.  Information about the Smithsonian will be provided to the public in informative and interesting ways and the Congress will be kept informed of institutional programs and progress.  Special attention will continue to be given to programs for building repairs, improvements and security and to employee and visitor health and safety.  No major changes to the resource levels of the central management offices are projected for the period of FY 1982-1986. These resources, consisting in FY 1980 of $3,121,000 and 63 positions in the appropriated and nonappropriated funds budgets, are projected to increase to $3,562,000 and 70 positions by FY 1986, a growth of $441,000 and seen positions.  Principal additions are represented by the Office of the General Counsel in recognition of a growing volume of legal work reflecting the diversity of the Institution and increasing complexity of the law and by the rising costs of printing required by the Coordinator of Public Information.

The [[underlined]] specialized administrative and technical offices' [[/underlined]]  resources in FY 1980 totaled $10,366,000 and 354 positions, including both appropriated and nonappropriated funds.  An additional $3,428,000 and 28 positions are projected over the planning period which, if realized, would result in total resources of $13,794,000 and 382 positions.  The most significant changes are planned and programmed for Accounting, Grants and Risk Management, Personnel, Printing and Photographic Services, and Computer Services.

Efforts will continue to improve and strengthen financial administration in the Institution, building upon progress made in the development of new systems for the integration of payroll and personnel systems, for similar advancements in procurement and accounts payable, for the establishment of decentralized service units to facilitate the customer services, and for general strengthening of internal controls.  Continued efforts will be made in the strengthening of internal controls.  Continued efforts will be made in the development of a payroll/personnel system which will integrate data from several areas of administration to improve financial, personnel, equal