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...school had charged the government for upkeep on a yacht and flowers and cabinets for Kennedy's home. Federal investigators were throwing around figures near $200 million in monies improperly awarded Stanford in reimbursements for research overhead costs, called "indirect costs...

Author: By Gady A. Epstein, | Title: ...While Leaner Times Set in on the University | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

...school had charged the government for upkeep on a yacht and flowers and cabinets for Kennedy's home. Federal investigators were throwing around figures near $200 million in monies improperly awarded Stanford in reimbursements for research overhead costs, called "indirect costs...

Author: By Gady A. Epstein, | Title: The Square: Hardly Hard Hit by the Recession... ...While Leaner Times Set in on the University | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

Congressional critics blasted Stanford University earlier this year after reports that the top-ranked school had charged taxpayers for floral arrangements and upkeep on a yacht. Several months later, under pressure from a General Accounting Office (GAO) investigation, Harvard publicly announced that it was withdrawing $500,000 in questionable charges from this year's request for federal reimbursements...

Author: By Gady A. Epstein and Joshua A. Gerstein, S | Title: Govt. Files Offer Inside Look at Indirect Cost Controversy | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...order authorizes city officials to begin work on an administrative plan to raise money for an Affordable Housing Preservation Fund, which would finance the upkeep of rent-controlled housing. The plan would require eligible tenants to contribute between 2 and 5 percent of their incomes to the fund. Low-income tenants, the disabled and the elderly would be able to apply for exemptions from the surcharge...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Tenants, Owners Blast Rent Control Reforms | 5/15/1991 | See Source »

According to Turk, the main problem with the tenant surcharge is that it will be a move in the direction of government subsidies for owners. Currently, owners of rent-controlled properties charge rent based on upkeep costs...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Tenants, Owners Blast Rent Control Reforms | 5/15/1991 | See Source »

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