Olympic Games: Costs to Plan and Stage the Games in the United States
Published: 2001-11-08T00:00:00

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section_title: What GAO Found
paragraphs: Since 1980, the Winter and Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games hosted in the United States have increased in size and magnitude, as have the total direct costs to plan and stage them. The reported direct costs to plan and stage the games discussed in this report ranged from $363 million to more than $2.4 billion. Although the total dollar amount of federal funding and support has increased, the total federal share of the reported total direct costs to plan and stage the games has decreased. Since 1980, the amount of funding and support provided by state and local governments has increased. Generally, federal funding and support for the total direct costs of each of these games was either specifically designated by Congress or approved by the federal agencies.

section_title: Letter
paragraphs: As we have reported in the past, the federal government has provided and  continues to provide significant funding and support to help plan and stage  the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games when held in the United States.   To place such government support in perspective, you requested that we  answer the following questions:    What is the total direct cost of planning and staging the Olympic Games  and Paralympic Games held in the United States and in other countries  that have hosted the Games since 1980?
What is the total amount of direct funding and support provided by the  various levels of government within the United States and in other  countries for these events?
How much of the federal funding and support was specifically  designated by Congress for Olympic-related purposes or approved by  the federal agencies and provided through their normal funding  procedures for each of the Games held in the United States?
How does the total cost of the various Games compare with the various  domestic and foreign governments’ share of the cost?
How do the government-sponsored Olympic-related projects and  activities compare among the various Games?
To meet your immediate need for information, we agreed to respond to  these questions in two separate reports.  This report addresses the first  three questions listed above, as they pertain to the Olympic and Paralympic  Games held in the United States.  Specifically, this report identifies the  reported total direct cost of planning and staging the Winter Olympic  Games held in 1980 at Lake Placid, NY; the Winter Olympic Games and  Paralympic Games planned for 2002 at Salt Lake City, UT; the Summer  Olympic Games held in 1984 at Los Angeles, CA; and the Summer Olympic  Games and Paralympic Games held in 1996 at Atlanta, GA. This report also  identifies, to the maximum extent possible, total direct government funding  and support at the local, state, and federal levels in the United States for  each of these games.  Additionally, this report focuses on how the direct  federal funding and support were used, and it identifies all of the reported  federally sponsored projects and activities for each of the Games. Finally,  this report identifies the federal funding and support specifically  designated by Congress for Olympic-related purposes for each of the  Games in the United States and the amount of federal funding and support  approved by the federal agencies and provided through their normal  funding procedures.
The second report will update the information presented herein and will  respond to the last two questions you asked regarding the Games discussed  in this report.  Additionally, the second report will address all of your  questions regarding the Olympic Winter Games held in 1988 at Calgary,  Canada; and in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway; the Olympic Summer Games  held in 1992 at Barcelona, Spain; and in 2000 at Sydney, Australia.  The  second report will be issued in 2002.
Because there is no central source for all of the information you requested,  we obtained cost data reported by the principal parties that funded and  supported these events.  These parties included (1) applicable Olympic  Games Organizing Committees, which are private organizations  established by the host cities to plan and stage the Games;  (2) state and  local governments associated with the designated host cities for the  Games; and (3) federal government agencies, through their various  programs and activities.  Our primary sources of information included (1)  the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee (SLOC) officials, who are  currently responsible for planning and staging the Games planned for 2002  at Salt Lake City, UT; (2) California and Utah state and local government  officials, who are cognizant of their respective state and local governments’  funding and support for the Games; and (3) federal officials at the Office of  Management and Budget (OMB) and 24 other federal agencies that  provided funding and support for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.  The  effort to identify federal funding and support was aided considerably by  OMB’s implementation of our past recommendation to provide a  consolidated report of federal agency funding and support for the Olympic  Games.  Specifically, the President’s 2002 Budget listed for the first time all  federal Olympic spending in one table and identified the federal agencies  and the amounts spent or planned to be spent for the 2002 Games in Salt  Lake City.  We began with these listed agencies and obtained the necessary  supporting information to verify or update their reported figures.
Additionally, we relied upon other previously published information,  including that reported (1) by us on federal funding and support and the  types of government-sponsored projects and activities for the 1984 Olympic  and 1996 Olympic and Paralympic Games; (2) by Olympic Organizing  Committees following the 1984 Olympic and 1996 Olympic and Paralympic  Games, which reported the amount of the private-sector costs for each of  the Games; and (3) by various federal agencies, congressional committees,  and the Congressional Research Service, since 1980.   We reviewed these  reports and, to the extent possible, obtained and examined available  supporting documentation, but we did not independently verify the data.   We conducted our review from August 2001 to October 2001, in accordance  with generally accepted government auditing standards. A more detailed  description of our scope and methodology is included in appendix I.
subsections: section_title: Background
paragraphs: The Olympic Games take place every 4 years, with the Winter and Summer  Games alternating on a 2-year cycle.  The Ted Stevens Olympic and  Amateur Sports Act (Amateur Sports Act), 36 U.S.C.§ 220501 et seq., which  was originally enacted in 1978 as the Amateur Sports Act, gives the U.S.  Olympic Committee (USOC) exclusive jurisdiction over all matters  pertaining to the participation of the United States in the Olympic Games,  including the representation of the United States in such Games and the  organization of the Games when held in the United States.  The Amateur  Sports Act was amended in 1998 to incorporate the Paralympic Games  under the umbrella of USOC. Although organized separately, the 1996  Summer Olympic Games marked the first time the Paralympic Games were  held in conjunction with the Olympic Games in the United States.  On May  27, 1997, SLOC was awarded the rights to host the 2002 Winter Paralympic  Games.
section_title: About $363 Million Spent to Plan and Stage the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid
paragraphs: Lake Placid, NY, a small village with a population of 3,500 at the time,  served as the host city for the Winter Olympic Games in 1980.  According to  information compiled by a USOC official, 1,072 athletes from 37 countries  participated in 38 skiing, skating, and sledding events at 6 venue locations  for an audience of 517,000 people. At that time, the Paralympic Games were  not held in conjunction with the Olympic Games.  According to a  Department of Commerce report following the Games, and as shown in  figure 1, about $363 million was spent on planning and staging these  Games. The Lake Placid Organizing Committee (LPOC) funded about  $121 million (33 percent) of the total cost.  The State of New York provided  about $63 million (17 percent) for building and constructing venues, such  as the alpine, cross-country, and biathlon skiing facilities in the Lake Placid  area.  In addition, the federal government provided about $179 million (50  percent) in funding and support.  According to the Department of  Commerce report, of the $179 million in federal funding and support,  Congress specifically designated about $96 million for Olympic-related  projects, and the remaining approximately $83 million was approved and  provided through the normal funding procedures of the departments of  Defense, Transportation, Commerce, Energy, the Interior, and Justice.  Collectively, the departments of Commerce and the Interior provided about  $102 million (57 percent) of the total federal expenditures.
As shown in figure 2, federal funding and support for the Games, or about  $127 million (71 percent of the federal share), was used for venue  construction (37 percent) and housing for the athletes (34 percent).   Specifically, the federal government helped finance the ski jumps, speed  skating oval, skating arena, winter sports arena, luge run, parking facilities,  dressing rooms, and storage facilities.  The federal government also  provided housing and infrastructure support projects for the athletes,  trainers, and coaches, such as the temporary and permanent buildings  erected on a 55-acre site near Lake Placid used to house the athletes  participating in the Games. These facilities were also used for security  operations.  The remaining direct federal funding and support were used  for safety- and security–related activities, which accounted for about $23  million (13 percent); transportation projects, such as highway, airport, and  railway improvements, which accounted for about $16 million (9 percent);  and staging-and-operations activities during the Olympic events, which  accounted for about $13 million (7 percent).  Appendix II lists the specific  federally sponsored Olympic-related projects and activities and the  amounts of federal funding and support for each.
section_title: Excluding Additional Security Requirements Brought About by the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks, Planning and Staging Costs for the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Are Estimated at $1.9 Billion
paragraphs: In February 2002, according to SLOC officials, Salt Lake City will become  the largest city to host the Winter Olympic Games and will also become the  host of the largest Winter Olympic Games held to date.  SLOC officials  expect that this city, with a population of approximately 1.5 million people,  will host 3,500 Olympic athletes participating in 70 sporting events at 10  venues.  Additionally, SLOC officials expect 1,100 Paralympic athletes to  participate in 34 sporting events at 10 venues.  As of July 31, 2001, the total  direct cost for projects and activities related to planning and staging the  2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City is estimated at $1.9 billion.
As shown in figure 3, SLOC plans to fund about $1.3 billion (70 percent).   Additionally, Utah state officials working with SLOC report that Utah state  agencies and institutions are planning to provide about $150 million (8  percent) and the Salt Lake City local government is planning to provide  about $75 million (4 percent) for such projects as roads and bus systems  directly related to supporting the Games. Finally, of the $1.9 billion, it is  estimated that the federal government will provide approximately $342  million (18 percent) of the total direct cost for planning and staging the  Games.
Specifically, 18 federal agencies reported that they have provided or plan to  provide an estimated $342 million in funding and support for projects and  activities directly related to the planned 2002 Games.  Of the $342 million in  federal funding and support provided or planned for the 2002 Games,  Congress had specifically designated about $208 million (61 percent) for  specific Olympic-related projects and activities.  About $134 million (39  percent) was approved by the agencies and provided through their normal  funding procedures.
As shown in figure 4, the federal government’s involvement includes safety-  and security-related activities, transportation, housing and infrastructure  support, venue building and construction, and staging operations during  the Games.  In total, not including additional security costs that may be  incurred as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the  federal government plans to spend about $185 million on safety- and  security-related activities.  Such activities range from venue perimeter  security projects and activities during the Games themselves to heightened  security-related activities of individual agencies necessitated by the Games.
For example, the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to spend  about $1.6 million to protect its facilities during the Games.  These are  funds that GSA would not have had to spend were it not for the Olympic  Games. The next largest amount of federal funding and support is about  $106 million for transportation projects.  The Department of Transportation  plans to spend this amount in part to provide a temporary spectator  transportation system.  This system will consist of Salt Lake City transit  buses and drivers and borrowed transit buses and drivers from other cities  across the United States, bus maintenance, construction and operation of  park-and-ride lots, and loading and unloading facilities.  In addition, the  Department of Transportation is planning to provide an additional $25  million, of the total $27 million allocated for venue construction, to support  the building and construction of access roads to certain venues for the  Games.  An estimated $19 million in federal funds is also being provided to  support staging-and-operations activities during the Games.  The  Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing an estimated  $4 million for Salt Lake City redevelopment projects and temporary  housing for the athletes participating in the Games. Appendix III lists the  specific federally sponsored Olympic-related projects and activities and the  amounts of federal funding and support for each.
section_title: Total Direct Cost and Government Funding and Support for Planning and Staging the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles
paragraphs: Los Angeles, then a metropolis of more than 11 million people, hosted the  1984 Olympic Games.   According to information compiled by a USOC  official, about 7,078 athletes from 140 nations participated in 221 sporting  events at 27 venues for an audience of an estimated 8 million visitors to the  Olympic Games. At that time, the Paralympic Games were not held along  with the Olympic Games.  As shown in figure 5, the reported total direct  cost to plan and stage the 1984 Games was approximately $707 million.  Of  this amount, LAOOC reported providing about $629 million (89 percent) of  the total direct cost for the Games.  The remaining approximately $78  million of the total direct cost for planning and staging the Games, as we  reported in September 2000, was provided by the federal government  through the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Justice,  State, Transportation, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and  Veterans Affairs, as well as the Federal Communications Commission and  the U.S. Information Agency.
Although data on California and Los Angeles government funding and  support for the 1984 Games were not available, according to the former  LAOOC Vice-President for Government Relations for the 1984 Games, state  and local funding was minimal.  According to this official, Los Angeles  voters passed a charter amendment in November 1978 prohibiting any  capital expenditure by the city on the Olympic Games that would not, by  binding commitment, be reimbursed. As noted in our September 2000  report, Los Angeles city officials believed that the host cities for Olympic  Games held before 1984 often overextended themselves by trying to  complete state-of-the-art Olympic venues and related capital improvement  projects.  Such actions, in their view, pushed those host cities into debt that  remained long after the Games.  As a result, city officials decided that they  (1) would not undertake any new construction or capital improvements  specifically for the Olympic Games and (2) would encourage spectators to  use the transit or bus systems in place at the time or simply to drive their  cars to the events.
Figure 5 also shows that the approximately $78 million in federal funding  and support represented about 11 percent of the total cost for projects and  activities related to the Games.  As shown in figure 6, about $74 million of  the federal expenditures was used to support safety- and security-related  activities for the Games.  The remaining $4 million was used for staging- and-operations activities during the events.  Of the $78 million total,  Congress specifically designated about $76 million for mostly security- related projects and activities, and $2 million (3 percent) was approved by  the federal agencies and provided through their normal funding  procedures.  Appendix IV lists the specific federally sponsored Olympic- related projects and activities and the amounts of federal funding and  support for each.
section_title: Total Direct Cost and Government Funding and Support for Planning and Staging the1996 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Atlanta, GA
paragraphs: Atlanta, GA, is a large metropolitan area that had a population of more than  3.4 million in 1996 when it served as the host city for the Summer Olympic  Games.  According to information compiled by a USOC official, about  10,332 Olympic athletes from 197 countries participated in 271 sporting  events at 29 venues, for an audience estimated at 8.3 million people.   Also,  3,310 Paralympic athletes from 104 countries participated in sporting  events at 16 venues.   As shown in figure 7, the total direct cost for planning  and staging these Games was about $2.4 billion.  According to the  information compiled by SLOC officials, of the $2.4 billion, the Atlanta  Committee for Olympic Games (ACOG) and the Atlanta Paralympic  Organizing Committee (APOC) contributed nearly $2 billion (82 percent)  for the 1996 Games.  ACOG- and APOC-funded projects and activities  included transportation, safety and security, Paralympic operations,  temporary and permanent facilities, and telecommunications.   According  to information from SLOC, local governments where the various venues  were located during the Games contributed about $234 million (10  percent), which was used to help construct some of the facilities used to  support the Games.  The federal government’s share of the total cost to  plan and stage the event, as we reported in our September 2000 report, was  about $193 million, or 8 percent of the approximately $2.4 billion in total  direct costs.
Of the approximately $193 million provided by the federal government, $86  million (45 percent) was specifically designated by Congress for Olympic- related projects and activities and $106 million (55 percent) was approved  by the agencies and provided through their normal funding procedures.   Similar to previous Olympic Games, ensuring adequate safety and security  was a primary concern of federal officials at the Games in Atlanta.  As  shown in figure 8, safety- and security-related projects related to the Games  represented about $101 million (52 percent) of the federal government’s  total direct cost.  The federal agencies providing safety- and security- related funding and support included the departments of Agriculture,  Defense, Health and Human Services, the Interior, Justice, State,  Transportation, the Treasury, and Veterans Affairs.  Funding and support  was also provided by the Corporation for National and Community  Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal  Executive Board, and the Environmental Protection Agency.  About $68  million (36 percent) of the $193 million in federal expenditures was used  for venue construction and staging operations during the Olympic events.   For example, approximately $18 million was used to construct the  Whitewater Rapids Venue, and approximately $5 million was used for the  pre-trial and Olympic Whitewater Rapids events operations during the  Games. Transportation represented about $21 million (11 percent) of the  federal funds expended on the Games, housing and infrastructure projects  represented $2 million (1 percent), and venue construction represented  about $36 million (19 percent).
section_title: Agency Comments and Our Evaluation
paragraphs: We provided copies of a draft of this report to the heads of OMB, SLOC, and  USOC and to former officials of LAOOC for their review and comments.   Additionally, for their review and comments, we provided to each of the  federal agencies listed in Appendix III copies of a draft of their reported  figures regarding (1) the amount of federal funding and support and (2) the  applicable projects and activities for the planned 2002 Olympic and  Paralympic Games at Salt Lake City, UT.  We received oral comments from  agency-designated officials or audit liaisons at OMB and most of the federal  agencies, and from the former LAOOC Vice-President for Government  Relations.  Generally these officials had no comments, or they provided  technical changes—to correct the reported amounts of federal funding and  support provided for the Olympic Games, or to improve clarity—which  were made where appropriate.
We also received written comments from the president and chief executive  officer of SLOC, which generally agreed with our report. Briefly, he stated  that our report accurately reflected the growth of the Olympic and  Paralympic Games during the past 20 years and pointed out that the  increase in the federal government’s share of the cost occurred in  traditional areas of government functions, security and transportation,  while federal expenditure on nongovernment functions, such as venue  construction, had significantly decreased.  He also cited two significant  factors, outside the scope of our work, that contributed to the growth in  cost: the technological advances in measuring and in broadcasting the  results of the competitions.  Finally, he explained that one of his top  priorities is to help reverse the trend of the Games to be “bigger and better”  than those before, and that he plans to make a series of recommendations  to the International Olympic Committee president on reducing the scope  and controlling the growth in cost for future Olympic Games.
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Major contributors to this report included Sherrill Johnson, Michael Rives,  Frederick Lyles, Melvin Horne, and Michael Yacura.  If you have any  questions, please contact me at (202) 512-8387 or ungarb@gao.gov.
section_title: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology
paragraphs: As discussed in this report, the objectives of this assignment were to  determine:  the total direct cost of planning and staging the Winter Olympic Games  held in 1980 at Lake Placid, NY; and the Winter Olympic Games and  Paralympic Games planned for 2002 at Salt Lake City, UT;  the Summer  Olympic Games held in 1984 at Los Angeles, CA; and the Summer  Olympic Games and Paralympic Games held in 1996 at Atlanta, GA;  the total direct government funding and support at the local, state, and  federal levels, where available, for each of these Games; how the federal  funding and support were used; a complete roster of all the reported  projects and activities for each of the Games; and   the amount of federal funds and support specifically designated by  Congress for Olympic-related purposes, and the amount of federal  funding and support approved by the agencies and provided through  their normal funding procedures for each of these Games.
To respond to the first objective, because there is no central source for the  needed information, we obtained data on the costs incurred by the  principal parties that funded and supported these events.  These parties  included (1) applicable Olympic Games Organizing Committees that are  private organizations established by the host cities to plan and stage the  Games;  (2) state and local governments associated with the designated  host cities for the Games; and (3) federal government agencies.
Our primary sources of information included:    Salt Lake City Organizing Committee (SLOC) officials, who are currently  responsible for planning and staging the Games planned for 2002 at Salt  Lake City, and Olympic organizing committee reports following the 1984  Olympics and the1996 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, which  provided financial statements showing the total amount of the private- sector costs for each of the Games;  Utah and California state and local government officials cognizant of  their respective state and local governments’ funding and support for  the Games held in Salt Lake City and in Los Angeles; and Department of Commerce report published in 1982 after the 1980 Winter  Olympic Games; our previously published report regarding federal  funding and support for the 1984 Olympics and the 1996 Summer  Olympic and Paralympic Games; and OMB and 22 federal organizations,  including the U.S. Postal Service, for the planned 2002 Winter Olympic  and Paralympic Games at Salt Lake City.
The federal agencies included the  Department of Agriculture,  Department of Commerce,  Department of Defense,  Department of Education,  Department of Energy,  Department of Health and Human Services,  Department of Housing and Urban Development,  Department of the Interior,  Department of Justice,  Department of Labor,  Department of State,  Department of Transportation,  Department of the Treasury,  Department of Veterans Affairs,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Federal Communications Commission,  Federal Emergency Management Agency,  Federal Executive Board,   General Services Administration,  National Aeronautics and Space Administration,  Social Security Administration, and  U.S. Postal Service.
To respond to the second objective, we also contacted state and local  government officials associated with the designated host city for the  Games, and we made inquiries of the 22 federal organizations listed above.  The effort to identify federal funding and support was aided considerably  by OMB’s implementation of our past recommendation to require a  consolidated reporting of federal agency funding and support for the  Olympic Games.  Specifically, the President’s 2002 Budget listed for the first  time all federal Olympic spending in one table, which identified the federal  agencies and the amounts spent or planned to be spent for the 2002 Games  in Salt Lake City.  We began with these listed agencies and obtained the  necessary supporting information to verify or update their reported figures.   We relied upon the agency officials’ reports of (1) funding and support, and  (2) projects and activities directly related to planning and staging the  Olympic Games or Paralympic Games.
To respond to the third objective, we relied upon information we and other  agencies previously reported pertaining to the amount of congressionally  designated and agency-approved federal funding and support for the  Games held in 1980 at Lake Placid, NY; in 1984 at Los Angeles, CA; and in  1996 at Atlanta, GA. We depended upon the agencies to update the amount  of congressionally designated and agency-approved federal funding and  support, and to report this information to us for the planned 2002 Games at  Salt Lake City, UT.
At each agency we obtained, to the extent possible, supporting information  for (1) the agency’s reported federal funding and support, and (2) the  agency’s identification and description of its Olympic-related projects and  activities.  The figures reported by the agencies for the planned 2002 Games  at Salt Lake City, UT, included all funding and support as of July 31, 2001.   We did not independently verify the data but relied upon each agency to  make its own determination as to (1) the funding and support, and (2) the  project or activity’s direct relationship to planning and staging the Olympic  and Paralympic Games.  We conducted our review from August 2001 to  October 2001, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing  standards.
section_title: Direct Federal Funding and Support for Planning and Staging the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY
paragraphs: Totals may not add due to rounding.
section_title: Direct Federal Funding and Support for the Planned 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games at Salt Lake City, UT
paragraphs: Description of project or activity Training exercises, travel, vehicle  lease, utilities, etc.
Assist with implementing a master  safety plan Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys Salary and other costs for staff  Grant to UCAN to upgrade security  and communication Diplomatic security: Department of  State will assist in providing  protective security details to  foreign dignitaries below the Head  of State level, as well as  establishing a diplomatic security  presence in Salt Lake City.
Description of project or activity Olympic Transportation Planning ($1.4  million of these funds were  used for two  temporary park-and-ride lots)
Temporary RTRs: communications  facilities in venue areas east of  mountains Aviation Security Operations Center -  (joint operations with UOPSC,  Customs, USSS)
Provo ASR - temporary radar Automation upgrades at Salt Lake  TRACON Telecommunications support additional  circuits required Temporary air traffic control towers at  outlying airports Physical security upgrades to FAA  facilities ALSF 2 - Salt Lake Int'l Airport  approach lighting system Olympic Aviation System Plan; grant to  Wasatch Front Regional Council for  development of Olympic Planning Study  (airports)
Description of project or activity Aviation systems and standards  (flight procedures)
Establish Olympic Transportation  Working Group (OTWG) and  complete several Venue  Transportation Integration Plans  (VTRIPS)
Construct additional storage tracks at  Light Rail Vehicle Storage Facility and  purchase/install automatic electric  switch on the North/South LRT Line  at 100 S. Main Street.
Construct Silver Creek Jct. park-and-  ride; purchase venue load and unload  equipment; and construct Silver  Creek Jct. bus garage (supplemented  by UT-0-0039)
Description of project or activity Construct busway at Snowbasin, bus  garage at Silver Creek Jct., and  Olympic Park park-and-ride lot  (supplemental to UT-03-0040)
Personnel costs are generally not included in these amounts.
Totals may not add due to rounding.
section_title: Direct Federal Funding and Support for Planning and Staging the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA
paragraphs: Congress appropriated $76,170,000, and DOD spent $48,750.000.   The unused funding authority  was returned to the U.S. Treasury.
section_title: Direct Federal Funding and Support for Planning and Staging the 1996 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games
paragraphs: Description of project or activity Donated excess supplies for  Paralympics Safety-and security-related services  for Paralymic events Olympic venue bike path  construction Paralympics: loan of EPA  employees Salary for safety- and security-  related services (federal employees)
section_title: Comments From the Salt Lake Organizing Committee
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