R. Kim Kiley '72 still hasn't seen what he says is his share of that money.

Kiley, formerly senior vice president at Wall Street investment bank L.F. Rothschild, worked for the Institute's project in Slovakia until 1997, advising the government on ways to reduce pollution and improve its environmental record.

To this day, Kiley says, HIID owes him money. He says this oversight is part of a larger problem with mismanagement within HIID.

"I'm really pissed off," Kiley says.

The Slovakia office was a part of HIID's larger Eastern European effort--all bankrolled by the federal government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (US AID).

The project reportedly overspent its budget by more than $100,000, but, Kiley says, no one knew exactly how much money had been spent.

"They simply lost control of the program," Kiley says. "I asked how much money was left in the budget--it took five months to get an answer and even then, the number was clearly too large."

This problem became personal for Kiley, he says, when he tried to make use of the common practice of getting reimbursed for unused vacation time.