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[[underline]] Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration [[/underline]]

Mr. Ripley introduced John F. Jameson, recently named as Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration. Mr. Jameson will take over the former Under Secretary's position but will operate as an extension of the Secretary's office in a closer relationship to handle the ever growing volume of administrative matters involving policies and procedures, resources, facilities needs and construction, and other matters broadly affecting the Institution.

Through his association with the Smithsonian for the past 18 years, Mr. Jameson has been involved with Federal appropriations preparation and their justification, relationships with the Congressional Committees and the Office of Management and Budget, and with the formulation of the Institution's private fund budgets.

[[underline]] Financial Reports [[/underline]]

Mr. Ripley summarized the following financial reports:

[[underline]] Status of Federal Appropriations [[/underline]]

In March the Institution presented to Congress its request for supplemental appropriations of $3,610,000 and $951,000 for FY 1976 and the Transition Quarter respectively to cover higher pay and utility costs; we also presented our request for the regular FY 1977 appropriation totaling $91,481,000 for operations, and $10,600,000 for construction, as detailed at the last Regents' meeting (see Exhibit A). On the FY 1976 Supplemental, the Appropriations Committees have since approved 95% of the portion covering pay increases and 100% of the amount required for utilities, totals of $3,497,000