Mr. BENJAMIN. Then I assume the rest of that reverted to the Treasury?

Mr. BRENNAN. That is correct.

CURRENT LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE

Mr. BENJAMIN. Then we are into Fiscal 1978 and asking for $742,000. Do you know what level of expenditure you are presently at? You indicated that you have five commissioners and five personal assistants aboard out of the 18 authorized personnel?

Mr. BRENNAN. Yes. Since the commissioners were not sworn in until November 10, and since we were not constituted until December 1, obviously the expenditures were rather modest until after December 1, and again I think Commissioner Garcia can respond as to our

Ms. GARCIA. I will supply the exact number for the record, but it is less than $100,000 as of December 31, 1977.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Please do.

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RECLASSIFYING POSITIONS

Mr. BENJAMIN. Let's go on. You are talking about reclassification of some positions. From what I can understand from the request submitted, I would have to say jointly, Mr. Chairman-if you will recall, Ms. Ringer was here and Mr. Curran from the Library, as well as Dr. Boorstin-requested

Mr. BRENNAN. Four professionals, I believe, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. BENJAMIN. New positions were five, and then they have 13 original positions at $160,000. The new positions include two GS-18s requested by the Library because the commission wasn't appointed yet?

Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, that was resolved in conference.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Two GS-9s, one GS-6 and then I have no record before me as to the other 13 positions.

Can you give me a briefing on that, both those positions at this time?

Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, Mr. Chairman.

The joint Library of Congress-Copyright Office presentation provided an attorney spot, GS-14; three accountants, one GS-13, two GS-11s, and as I mentioned previously, an administrative assistant or administrative officer as a GS-13, which is a total of four professional positions.

Mr. BENJAMIN. And in lieu of this, you actually hired five personnel assistants?

Mr. BRENNAN. No. If you have in front of you, Mr. Chairman, the projection that was provided by the Library, they listed three GS-9 secretaries. A tentative decision was made that it would probably in the long run reduce the total number of staff persons to have as assistant to commissioners a person who was more than just a clerk-typist; but these are still GS-9 positions.

Mr. BENJAMIN. So you have at the present time five GS-18s and five GS-9s?

Mr. BRENNAN. That is correct.

Mr. BENJAMIN. You are not going to change these, obviously, but you do have changes possibly in eight other positions. Can you tell us what those are, from what to what?

Mr. BRENNAN. Actually, it is less than eight, Mr. Chairman, because the budget projection for the current fiscal year in fact did provide for four professional slots, so what is a possibility, and I want to emphasize it is only a possibility because we have not yet made decisions as to how many of these slots need to be filled. It will turn on the extent to which certain of these proceedings prove to be resolved in less formal ways than a full-blown trial.

Mr. BENJAMIN. You don't have any experience in that at this point?

Mr. BRENNAN. No, sir. I think next year we should be able to get a better reading as to how this will develop.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Why don't you give me a list of the eight positions as they are now specified and then whatever changes you want to make to those?

Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, sir.

Perhaps I could supply this for the record at this point.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Yes, for the record, please.

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