1/ This mandate imposes a potential annual burden of $339,000 on OTA's flexibility to initiate new work.

1. SCHEDULES A, B, AND C-AGENCY REQUEST AND ANALYSIS OF CHANGE

2. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES SHOWN ON SCHEDULE C

Office of Technology Assessment
Agency Summary

A. MANDATORY PAY AND RELATED COSTS

1. Annualization of January 1993 3.7% Cost-of-Living Adjustment 2.January 1994 2.2% Cost-of-Living Adjustment

3. Merit increases and promotions averaging 3% agency-wide

4. Annualization of January 1993 9.5% plus estimated January 1994 9.5% health benefit increases

5. Increase in retirement contributions (FERS)

6. Increase in unemployment compensation

7. January 1994 2.9% locality-based pay adjustment

B. PRICE LEVEL CHANGES

1. Travel inflation rate of 6.25% applied to base

2. Building lease escalation based on 30% of change in CPI-W for space, plus an estimated 3.7% increase in operating costs and property taxes

3. Telephone services inflation rate of 5% applied to base

4. Miscellaneous communications inflation rate 3% applied to base
5. Printing and publications inflation rate of 3.7% applied to base
6. Interagency agreement with the Library of Congress for financial
services increase of 8.2% for COLA's, locality-based pay
adjustment and within-grade increases

7. Consultant services inflation rate of 3% applied to base

8. Other services inflation rate of 3% applied to base

9. Supplies and materials inflation rate of 3% applied to base

10. Equipment inflation rate of 3% applied non ADP equipment base

C. PROGRAM TYPE CHANGES

Staff Amount (000)

129

223

407

38 95

1

301

Staff Amount (000)

23

52

6

4

19

7

81

24

8

2

Staff Amount (000)

1. Legislation

2. Workload

a. Additional assessments and studies

3.Equipment, Alterations, Maintenance, Repairs, Etc.

480