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Smithsonian's Small Still Awaits Word on Community Service
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Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence M. Small defended the Smithsonian's television development deal with CBS/Showtime Networks yesterday, saying the agreement was not reached in secret and that restrictions in the contract would affect only a very small number of filmmakers. (article 4) The federal investigation into the tribal art collection of Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small started with a telephone call in November 2000 to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service saying that published pictures of the artifacts showed feathers from endangered species. (article 10) A federal board ordered the Smithsonian Institution yesterday to reinstate a whistle-blower who was fired in retaliation for reporting that ranking officials of the National Air and Space Museum had misused the institution's world-class aeronautical restoration facility in Maryland for personal projects. (article 1) Angered that the Smithsonian Institution sold a television network access to its treasures without consulting Congress, two influential members of the House have asked for a public airing of the business deal. (article 3) The Jazz Cafe, a Friday night cabaret series at the National Museum of Natural History that draws hundreds of people each week, was on the endangered-species list a few weeks ago because it was losing money. (article 9) The unit, known internally as SBV, runs museum gift shops, restaurants, theaters and other profitmaking ventures. (article 8)

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    Smithsonian, Showtime, Institution, Regents, collection

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    1. Smithsonian Ordered to Reinstate Fired Official (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 459 words)
    2. Smithsonian TV Contract Spurs Panel To Cut Funds (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 559 words)
    3. Capitol Hill Joins Criticism of Smithsonian Film Deal (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 548 words)
    4. Smithsonian Deal Was Not Made in Secret, Small Says (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 529 words)
    5. Smithsonian Hands Over TV Contract (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 419 words)
    6. Historians Protest Smithsonian's Deals (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 606 words)
    7. With Budget Cuts, House Panel Scolds Troubled Smithsonian (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 362 words)
    8. Controversial CEO to Leave Smithsonian Business Ventures (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 574 words)
    9. Jazz Cafe to Swing Through September (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 425 words)
    10. The Feathers That Caused a Flap (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 1009 words)
    11. U.S. Charges Smithsonian Secretary (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 879 words)
    12. Small Gets 2 Years' Probation (Washington Post, 04/26/2008, 522 words)
    13. Smithsonian's Small Still Awaits Word on Community Service (Washington Post, 04/28/2008, 863 words)




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