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May 12, 1987

paycheck

Smithsonian Under Secretary Dean Anderson signs a formal agreement with the Department of Agriculture’s National Finance Center making the Center the Institution’s payroll/personnel processing center. At the time, the NFC processed payrolls for more than 20 federal government agencies, including the Census Bureau, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Posted: 12 May 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.