Reports of the Administrative Offices 



Office of General Counsel 



John E. Huerta, General Counsel 



The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) protects the legal 

 interests of the Smithsonian Institution. In carrying out 

 that mission, the OGC provides legal advice and counsel 

 to the Smithsonian Board of Regents, Sectetary, Provost, 

 Under Secretary, and other managers on the administration 

 of the Institution; represents the Smithsonian in litigation 

 and other adversarial proceedings to which the Institution 

 is a party and before federal, state, and local government 

 entities on administrative matters; issues final determina- 

 tions on administrative tort and personal property claims 

 against the Smithsonian; and generally monitors develop- 

 ments in the law for application to the Smithsonian 

 programs. 



Budget Management Planning and 

 Policy System (BUMPPS) 



BUMPPS is the Smithsonian's automated planning and 

 budget system that provides up-to-date data for senior man- 

 agement and also intetfaces with Office of Comptroller's 

 (OC) Smithsonian Financial System to provide current year 

 budget data on the financial reports. The BUMPPS team 

 improved the security foundation and modified the existing 

 eight modules of the system. It also developed, tested, and 

 released the Grants and Contracts Budget Module, which al- 

 lows the Office of Sponsored Projects to cteate, update, view, 

 and report on the detailed budget records for nongovern- 

 ment and government gtants and contracts sources. In 

 addition, the team redeveloped the Budget Transfer module 

 based on enhancements identified by OPMB analysts and 

 the units, and created and released new reports for rhe Bud- 

 get Transfer and OMB Non-Allocated modules. 



Office of Planning, Management 

 and Budget 



L Carole Wharton, Director 



The Office of Planning, Management and Budget (OPMB) 

 assists the Secretary and Board of Regents in setting priori- 

 ties, allocating resources, and measuring performance. 

 OPMB gathers, analyzes, and presents Institutional needs to 

 the Regents, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 

 and Congress for evaluation and disposition. OPMB also 

 provides services to central and unit managers in order to 

 improve planning for, as well as management of, Smithson- 

 ian resources. 



In addition, OPMB develops and disseminates Institu- 

 tional policy directives and announcements. 



Team Based Organization (TBO) 



The TBO structure of the office continued to evolve as team 

 members became more accomplished in the art of teamwork. 

 Changes occurred in the structural details, but TBO re- 

 mained the governing concept. 



The Smithsonian Associates 



Mara Mayor, Director 



Programs In and Around Washington 



Resident Associate Program 



The Smithsonian Associates' (TSA) Resident Associate Pro- 

 gram provided a spectacular atray of courses, seminars, and 

 special events for the greater Washington, D.C., area. The 



