The majority of the institution’s 6,300 employees are federal workers and will not be affected. ADADThe cuts are the first steps toward stabilizing the institution’s finances during an open-ended crisis, Bunch said. “The goal is to try to eliminate the possibility of furloughs,” Bunch said in an interview with The Washington Post on Wednesday. The Smithsonian won’t release Bunch’s compensation, but his predecessor David J. Skorton earned $896,345 in 2018, according to the institution’s most recent tax filing. ADThe Smithsonian’s free-admission policy and its federal appropriation protect it from the payroll crises faced by other cultural institutions, Bunch noted.

Source: Washington Post April 29, 2020 19:14 UTC