Tuesday, June 19, 2007

"A high-profile mea culpa" (UPDATED)

Robin Pogrebin has a story in today's New York Times on the 55-page report issued yesterday by the Smithsonian's new governance committee.

Tyler Green summarizes: "It's official: The Smithsonian is pathetically mismanaged." He also offers some thoughts on what's next.

For background, see here.

UPDATE: A second, "scathing" report, this one focusing on former chief executive Lawrence Small, issued today. Story here.