The mandatory federal budget cuts that went into effect earlier this year will start eating into the Smithsonian Institution next month, Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough told Congress today.

The Washington Post has the full story today about Pilar O’Leary, the former head of the Smithsonian Latino Center, who resigned in February. Initially, O’Leary was lauded for her work at the Center when her resignation was announced, but since then, Acting Secretary Cristián Samper decided that as a higher-up in the Institution, her ethical violations since her hiring in 2005 were important to disclose to the public (spurred by a FOIA request put in…

Somewhat under the radar this past Saturday, the Smithsonian Institution announced what many of us have been waiting anxiously to hear: they’ve found a new Secretary. G. Wayne Clough, current president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will officially take over the position on July 1. It was almost exactly a year ago today that former Secretary Lawrence M. Small took the hint and resigned in disgrace, leaving behind a legacy of questionable ethics by…