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...October 1987 letter, John M. Deeley, then-associate dean for business and finance at the Medical School, expressed the University's fears that sometime in the near future Congress might take action to cut all indirect cost rates...
Under the heat of federal inquiry, 17 schools have admitted improper billings to the government for indirect costs and have either offered to pay back the government or reduce billing requests--in many cases, billings totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars...
...government investigations are concerned with billings for overhead costs on research-- called indirect costs. Each school receives a certain amount of money over and above the direct federal grant money, tagged for expenditures such as building depreciation, heating and lighting...
...example, Harvard announced in April that it would withdraw $500,000 from this year's request for indirect cost reimbursements. The University cited as questionable billings a senior dean's retirement party (University officials will not disclose the name of the dean), contributions to Boston public schools and any costs relating to the home of President Derek...
...addition, HHS has sent a letter to over 200 schools advising them of the indirect cost issue and of their responsibility to properly bill the government...