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Treasurer's Statement
Pages 1-6

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... Progress is being made on the development of a Project Task Management System, which will provide project management capabilities, and a Project Financial Management System, which will provide a link between the project management system and the financial system. As with any new tool, users benefit from training, so we are developing a financial management training course to assist current and new staff in the program units.
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... Included in the total market value of the Endowment and Trust Investment Pool as of June 30, 1997, are the amounts of $35.7 million, $17.9 million, and $5.7 million for the Institute of Medicine (IOM) , TNAC, and Woods Hole Endowment funds, respectively.
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... We have been successful in containing the growth of indirect costs through proactive policy decisions and incentives for decreasing expenses. These containment measures also have had the positive effect of limiting indirect cost rate increases and smoothing fluctuations of indirect expenditures.
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... 110,000 Department of Defense National Asphalt Paving Association 50,000 Department of the Air Force3 158 252 ~ ' ' National Water Research Institute 113,858 Department of the Army12,862,503 Department of the Navy7,932,076 Open Society Institute 125,865 Department of Education2,867,787 David and Lucite Packard Foundation 64,500 Department of Energy9,913,834 The Pew Charitable Trusts 1,008,715 Department of Health and Human Services13,492,300 ROB Technology, Inc. 343,387 Department of the Interior1,249,143 Charles H
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... Intel Foundation International Bank for Reconstruction & Development International Brain Research Organization Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Lucent Technologies Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Microsoft Corporation Milliken and Company Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation Monsanto Company National Academy of Engineering Fund National Pork Producers Council Nissan Research & Development, Inc.
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... Thus, when revenues exceed expenses, the net reduces the indirect cost rate. Conversely, when expenses exceed revenues, the net loss increases the indirect cost rates.
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