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$5.5 million in fiscal year 1993. Full-time staff for research activities should increase by about 170 over the planning period.

Care of collections and galleries, exhibitions, and public educational support are also emphasized for several of the museums such as American History, Freer Gallery, Portrait Gallery and American Art, and amount to $8 million in additional resources by fiscal year 1993 over requested fiscal year 1989 levels. Staffing increases of approximately 190 positions are projected.

Administrative and central support requirements are expected to grow moderately by $5 million through fiscal year 1993 and principally involve strengthening personnel and procurement management, safety programs, facilities planning, management and financial services, systems development, audits, and legal counsel. Staffing increases totaling about 180 positions are projected over the period.

[[underlined]] Operating Budget -- Trust Funds [[/underlined]]

Trust fund projections remain approximately the same as projected in September. Gross unrestricted trust operational expenses are expected to increase by $47 million from fiscal year 1989 to fiscal year 1993. The expenditure increases portrayed in the table are associated primarily with the revenue-producing activities, including the Smithsonian Magazine, the Mail Order Division, and the National Associates Program. Net unrestricted funds available for program support after deduction of auxiliary activity expenses are projected to increase over fiscal year 1989 levels of $30 million to about $36 million. The Institution will continue to make measured progress in increasing capital reserves (endowments) and in directing funds to replace various outdated automated administrative systems. Funds will be required to start up new public restaurant and shop facilities. Depending on the general economy, Institutional priorities, and the performance of revenue-producing activities, trust support for research, fellowships, stipends, special exhibitions, collections acquisitions, and education will possibly increase modestly.

Operations funded by restricted trust funds are projected to remain relatively stable, reflecting a continued conservative outlook for gift and grant support for future years. The results of bureau fund-raising efforts in future years could well be substantial, but it is too early to factor returns into the projections.

A base staff of 1,217 full-time permanent employees in fiscal year 1989 is projected to cost $43 million in salaries and benefits. Trust expenditures in restricted and unrestricted areas are expected to increase over fiscal year 1989 levels by about $47 million, including $3 million associated with growth in permanent full-time staff of about 75 employees.

[[underlined]] Government Grants and Contracts [[/underlined]]

The potential future year level of support for external granting agencies in astrophysics and other research areas remains difficult to speculate about, reflecting in part the uncertainties confronting these agencies in a period of austerity. Figures appearing in the table for