Explanation of Changes Shown on Schedule C-1 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES- NET EXPENSES OF PURCHASE, LEASE, AND MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT Program Type Changes: Equipment Purchases: There is requested $17 million for Washington offices. This represents a $3 million or a 21.4% increase over the FY '94 amount. This is due to the continuous cycle of new equipment purchases at the beginning of a first session of Congress. In the district offices the purchase estimate of $3.5 million is $500,000 greater than anticipated in FY '94. Equipment Lease: A total of $357,000 is being requested. This is a reduction of $193,000 or 35 percent from the amount anticipated for FY '94. Equipment Maintenance: A total of $18.7 million is requested for FY '95. Of this amount, $14 million is estimated for DC offices and $4.7 million for the district offices. This request represents an increase of $4.8 million or a 34.5 percent increase over the amount provided in the FY '94 budget. User Fees: The FY '95 estimate of $28.9 million represents a 14.8% increase over the amount anticipated for FY '94 of $25.1 million. Since FY '93 user fees have increased 6.33 percent HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NET EXPENSES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS Net Expenses for Telecommunications $5,960 $10,872 $4,912 SCHEDULE C-1 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DETAILED ANALYSIS OF CHANGE BY ORGANIZATION Explanation of Changes Shown on Schedule C-1 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES-NET EXPENSES FOR Price Level Changes: TELECOMMUNICATIONS Price decreases have resulted from significant reductions in Toll expenses due to a recent competitive award and are reflected in Member, Committee and Other offices of the House. Program Type Changes: The greatest impact on program changes are necessitated by the following projects scheduled for FY '95: Cannon Building Rewire Telephone System Upgrade $ 710,000 The House AT&T contract will expire in 1997. At that time, the age and extensive use of the switching hardware and telephone sets will result in significant increases in maintenance as well as a loss of reliabilit.y Failure to prepare for this situation by a phased approach now will more than likely result in a more costly and disruptive replacement in 1997. |