Smithsonian Takes Steps to Clean Up Governance After a Scathing Review

The Smithsonian Institution's board violated numerous principles of good management during the tenure of its former top executive, Lawrence M. Small, including overcompensating him and allowing him to create an "imperialistic and insular culture," an independent review committee said in a report released last week.

"The Board of Regents allowed this culture to prevail by failing to provide badly needed oversight of

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