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Air Force has agreed t o apply AM: patent clauses i n those areas of its work relating to atomic energy. Advance copies of GM-ACC-10, Financial Statements, were distributed for use i n preparing annual reports for fiscal year 1951. thought went into this bulletin which establishes the form and content of Much work and A memorandum on due dates for the annual cost reports and financial statements with comments on year-end closings was issued toall operations off ices. Information on the unexpended balances of AM: working funds with other Government agencies at June 30, 1951, w a s obtained and transmitted tothe Treasury Department so that changes i n working-fund symbols and titles could be made. A schedule of costs of thorium-bearing materials was issued t o all operations offices for use in establishing thorium inventories i n the By the end of the month all of GM-ACC-6, Budget and Reporting Classification, had been revised except the appendix covering Program Reports were completed and transmitted on inspections of cafeteria operations at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory and the Commissary Department of the ArgOMe National Laboratory, on an investigation requested by SF00 and an investigation of a complaint reported by the FBI concerning the labor records of an ANL contractor. A report on the auditing of source and fission able materials accountability for the year ended December 31, 1950, was completed and Information concerning the impact of t h e AEC program on materials, labor, and the construction industry was furnished t o the staff of the Council of Economic Advisors f o r use i n the Council's mid-year economic
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Finance Directors Meet A Finance Directors' conference was held i n Washington June 6-7 t o discuss common problems and formulate plans f o r the coming year's Quarterly Progress Report The Progress Report t o the Joint Committee f o r the period December 1950 t o May 1951 was delivered t o the Committee on June 7, 1951. Representatives of the Division of Finance and the Division of Organization and Personnel m e t with a representative of the Wyatt Company, pension and actuarial consultants, t o explore the possibilities of obtaining help on the pension problems of AM: and its contractors. 1952 appropriation. An information staff paper was prepared covering the Senate's action on the Independent Offices Appropriation Act. Letters to Senator Maybank were prepared for the Chairman's signature regarding the proposed architect-engineer rider; the limitation on personal services; and the general provision regarding chauffeurs. Differences between the House and Senate recommendations on the Act had not been resolved a t June 30. Instructions f o r preparing the first 1952 supplemental estimate were issued June 14. The revised estimates of obligational authority needed for fiscal year 1952 submitted by the Washington divisions totalled $1,186.8 million, $316.7 million i n excess of the 1952 budget request submitted t o the Congress. The review of the estimates by the General Manager was scheduled t o start July 3. 1953 budget. The 1953 budget estimates were received from a l l operations offices by June 12. Because of the need for immediate conside ration of the 1952 supplemental estimate, the time for making recommendations on the 1953 budget was extended from July1to July 16. Third supplemental estimate, fiscal yeas 1951. Staff paper AM: 198/59 w a s issued concerning the Fourth Supplemental Appropriation Act, which covered the third supplemental estimate of AEC. Study of j o i n t undertakings with other Government agencies. Staff paper AEC 445, dated June 18, 1951, was an interim report on AM: responsibil it y for and financial support of past joint undertakings with othe'r Government agencies. This information had been requested by the Commission as a basis for formulating policy on AEC participation in future projects.