WASHINGTON — The administrator of a $20 billion Gulf oil spill compensation fund said today that he will disclose the salary BP is paying him, after initially declining to do so.

Ken Feinberg told The Associated Press today that he plans to reveal the sum in the next couple of weeks, after the fund has an operational budget. It's slated to be up and running next month.

"I don't want to just announce what my estimated salary is for the next few months, I want to give a budget that will include that salary," he said.

Feinberg said he might ask an outsider with "great credibility" to set his salary.