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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...
...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...
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...
...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...
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...