[IP] House Panel Challenges Smithsonian

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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 recent
 television 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 Passes
 http://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


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