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After pressure from university administrators, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a new plan for saving money on research overhead costs, in place of a controversial proposal that was originally published in February 1986 (Eos, May 20, 1986, p. 481). The agency made the new plan more palatable to administrators and faculty by choosing to cap the rate of reimbursement for the activity that researchers say they find among the most difficult to document: the time they spend on administration of federally sponsored grants and contracts. An amendment to a bill signed by President Ronald Reagan on July 2 might force OMB to make additional concessions to colleges and universities.How much money the federal government would save under this policy is a matter of dispute. The agency's revisions to OMB Circular A‐21, “Cost Principles for Educational Institutions,” call for fixing the reimbursement rate at 3% of modified total direct costs for departmental administration work done by “department heads, directors of divisions faculty, and professional staff.” The 3% figure represents about half of the current national average rate of reimbursement for these costs and would lead to federal government savings of $100 million a year, accordi

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i028p00569-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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The following hearing has been tentatively scheduled by the Senate. The date and time should be verified with the subcommittee; all congressional and committee offices may be reached by telephoning 202‐224‐3121. For guidelines on contacting a member of Congress, seeAGU's Guide to Legislative Information and Contacts(Eos, August 28, 1984, p. 669).July 24:Hearing on theContinental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act(S. 1026), by the Natural Resources Development and Production Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Room 366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, 10:00

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i028p00570

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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The Waldo E. Smith Award is one of the newest AGU honors and is awarded for extraordinary service to geophysics. In 1983 it was presented, for the first time, to Waldo Smith in recognition of his lifetime devotion and services to the American Geophysical Union and to geophysics in general. Truly, he exemplified the motto of AGU, which begins with the words “Unselfish Cooperation …” Much the same can be said for the second Waldo E. Smith awardee, whom we honor tonight, Thomas Francis M

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i028p00571

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY