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[[underlined]]Operations[[/underlined]]

Final Congressional action on the Institution's FY 1983 budget request is not expected until later this calendar year. The Five-Year Prospectus submitted in January 1982 built upon that request and contained an early projection for salaries and operating expenses (S&E) in FY 1984 if $171,286,000. Based on subsequent communications form OMB regarding an institutional target level request of $151,000,000, the Institution prepared an FY 1984 submission of $154,498,000 which included requests of about $4,000,000 identified over target. This represents essentially no program growth for most organizations. Nevertheless, this amount will allow the Institution to keep pace with inflationary trends; to continue important education exhibition and research programs at essentially current levels; to replace or upgrade equipment and meet publication cost requirements; to concentrate in a phased fashion on the security and protection of collections and property; and to automate various records and data systems. The amount also provides adequate equipment and operational support for the Museum Support Center. The request to OMB will not contain approximately $16,800,000 of earlier identified resources for various programs largely associated with expanded research support for astrophysical, environmental, and historical studies, and with earlier projected accelerated efforts to renovate and improve various exhibition galleries. These activities have been reexamined and requirements phased over the planning period. 

Federal salaries and expenses (S&E) are summarized in the following table for FY 1984, with projected levels of operation for FY 1988.