Monthly Status and Progress Reports, February, 1951 (Partial) (Sec. Ix - Finance Only)

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1951 budget. A f t e r completion of the third-quarter review of the financial plans early in February, the allotments and plans were brought within the amounts currently available f o r fi,scal year 1951. Marked-up copies of the plans indicating the approved amounts were transmitted t o the Operations Offices by the middle of the month. review the necessity f o r an additional supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 1951 became apparent, and work was started on a supplemental A s a result of the Briefing session. AM: representatives met w i t h the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on February 21 i n the first of a series of offthe-record sessions t o brief the members on the AIX program. Program assumptions for fiscal year 1953. The Budget Branch had received the revised program assumptions f o r fiscal year 1953 from the program divisions by February 9 and presented them i n consolidated form t o the Commission in staff paper AEC 408 on February 26. Call f o r estimates. The detailed instructions on preparing budget estima'tes f o r fiscal. year 1953 had been drafted by the end of the month and were released eaxly i n March. Reports were i.ssued on a second inspection of procurement practice s at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a special investigation at Los Alamos made at the request of the Manager, and an inspection of motorvehicle operations a t Argonne National Laboratory. The Arnual Financial Report for fiscal year 1950 was distributed t o the Commissioners and Washington division directors. be pri.nted i n March far distribution to dl offices. The report will Overhead reimbursement provisions received special attiention during corhinued riegotl.at.i.ons on the proposed extension of the University of Chicago contract for op rating Argonne National Laboratory. The accounting variati.ons that still exist among the three AEC communities were discussed at Los Alamos by finance and comunitymanagement representatives of AEC, community contractors, and the public accounting f i r m of Touche, Ni.ven, Bailey, and Smart. Revised budget and reporting classifications and definitions for program 7000 were drafted at this meeting.