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House Panel Challenges Smithsonian
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:40:41 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Carl Malamud <carl () media org> Date: May 11, 2006 5:46:20 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: House Panel Challenges Smithsonian Hi Dave - For IP if you wish. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/arts/11smit.html House Panel Challenges Smithsonian By EDWARD WYATT Published: May 11, 2006 Bluntly rejecting the Smithsonian Institution's defense of its recenttelevision deal with Showtime Networks, the House Appropriations Committee yesterday demanded further information on the contract, which members of the committee have said limits access and "may be incompatible with the
trust placed in the Smithsonian."The committee also cut $15 million from the Smithsonian's proposed budget
and sought a cap on salaries. .... You'll find another article on the subject in today's Washington Post: Smithsonian Salary Cap Passeshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/ AR2006051002415.html
For those of you interested in the paper trail, you'll find the letter from the House to the Regents, from the Regents to the House, and some other entertaining documents, including a letter to the Chief Justice (who chairs the Regents): http://www.americanprogress.org/smithsonian Regards, Carl ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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