Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, April 1 - June 30, 1980 Page: 4
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II. FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL HIGHLIGHTS
A. Appointments
Six OTA Fellows were selected for 1980-1981 from a highly qualified
group of sixty-six applicants. The selected Fellows include two
chemists, a patent lawyer, a biologist/ecologist, MD specializing
in infectious diseases, and a science writer.
B. Appropriations
The Congress has passed and the President has signed our request
for an FY 1980 supplemental appropriation of $199,000 to fund pay
raises that were effective on October 7, 1979. Our total authorization
for FY 1980 now stands at $11,199,000.
House floor action on our FY 1981 Budget request provides
$11,000,000. However, a proposed 2% recession would lower our
authority to $10,780,000.
We plan to submit our FY 1982 budget request to the Board shortly
after Labor Day.
C. Financial Report
OTA obligated $2,027,000 during the Third Quarter. Year to date
obligations equal $7,340,000; this amounts to 66% of our
authorization for the year. The Third Quarter new contracting
obligations were lower than projected due to staff commitments
to finishing up existing projects. This will result in higher
than projected Fourth Quarter obligations.
Our estimate of travel costs for the year is lower than projected
in February. Whereas we projected total expenditures of $300,000
to $330,000, we now anticipate expenditures of $275,000.
Work on the first phase of the OTA Management Information System
remains on schedule for implementation by October, 1980. This
phase will provide a financial information system that should
greatly aid the Director and operating managers in accounting
for their resources more accurately and quickly
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