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indirect cost rate calculation to assure proper cost allocation and charging to federally-sponsored research. This will supplement its own internal evaluation, which has already resulted in some changes and preliminary recommendations for improvements. An expanded data base to improve the ability to analyze and monitor these activities is also being developed and implemented.

4. The Smithsonian plans to comply with OMB A-133 audit requirements by implementing the coordinated audit concept. This concept will result in expanded coverage by Coopers & Lybrand during their annual audit to more fully examine grant and contract activity. The Smithsonian Inspector General is also expected to expand his role in this area. Improved coordination with cognizant government agencies is also a key element of this approach.

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND ISSUES: ZOO POLICE PAY, FEDERALIZATION OF SITES AND STATUS OF OTHER LEGISLATION 

VOTED that the Board of Regents endorses the principle of authorizing the Secretary to determine competitive pay rates for the National Zoological Police and requests its Congressional members to introduce and support proposed legislation to that effect.

VOTED that the Board of Regents endorses the proposed Federalization of SITES and authorizes the Secretary to draft enabling legislation which may be approved by the Executive Committee for its introduction and support by the Congressional members of the Board.

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Introduction 

The following proposes additional authority on behalf of the police at the National Zoological Park, recommends that authority for the federalization of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) soon be sought, and summarizes the status of bills introduced since the May sixth meeting as well as measures previously identified.

National Zoological Park Police Pay 

Salaries of the National Zoological Park Police are determined by 5 U.S.C. 5375 which establishes a pay schedule separate from the Classification Act of 1949. Public Law 101-263, enacted April 4, 1990, sought to remedy the discrepancies between Zoo Police pay rates and those of comparable law enforcement officers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Despite this effort to rectify pay rate inadequacies, other law enforcement units continue to outdistance the Zoo Police in salaries. Just comparing the salaries of police privates, those of the United States Park Police and the Library of Congress, for example, earn salaries of $26,377 to $37,971 and $26,719 to $35,890, respectively. The Zoo Police privates' salary starts at $21,023 and tops at $27,332. Of all uniformed officer corps in the Washington, D.C. area, the Zoo Police pay scale is the lowest.