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Some projected actions, according to the letter, include pressuring nonfederal sponsors to contribute to indirect costs and restricting the growth of departmental operating costs...
Last week, the General Accounting Office (GAO) provided evidence to a House subcommittee that the Medical School had overcharged the government approximately $750,000 in indirect cost reimbursements. This figure is in addition to $250,000 which the school had previously returned to the government of its own accord...
...John D. Dingell (D--Mich..), who heads theCongressional investigation into indirect costclaims and has been a leading Stanford-basher,praised Harvard for its move, saying thedifference from Stanford was "night...
...course, the facts still say the MedicalSchool is in for some difficult dealings with thegovernment one way or another. The school stillcollects indirect costs at a higher rate, 88percent of grant monies, than any other majorresearch school. The Department of Health andHuman services, Which sets Harvard's rate, has ahistory of tough negotiations with the University,negotiations that sometimes broke down and othertimes were termed "protracted" and "contentious...
...Medical School wants a 96 percent ratefrom the government. Negotiations havingdeteriorated again, health and Human Services hasunilaterally proposed a rate of 63.5 percent--a 30percent drop that would mean at least $6 millionless annually in indirect cost reimbursements forHarvard...