In Fiscal Year 2003 NIH reviewed functions in Real Property Management (RPM) and the Extramural Activities Support Services (EASS). On July 9, 2003, the NIH announced the functional areas under review for study in Fiscal Year 2004 (See http://a-76.nih.gov/A-76allhandsmemo7-9-03.pdf). For Fiscal Year 2004, NIH is completing the pre-planning stage for the following functional areas (1) information technology; (2) logistics and material handling; (3) material management; (4) visual and medical arts; and (5) veterinary and animal support. Four other functions originally identified for review (laboratory safety, fire protection and suppression, committee management, and the intramural research fellow program/category 2 senior scientists) were removed from the list as a result of the pre-planning process. Determining the number of FTE’s involved is part of this pre-planning process and has not yet been determined.
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