man of the Arts Endowment determines the final levels of the budget request as it is forwarded to OMB. Subsequent action by OMB is reflected in a budget submission to Congress. Content: This system contains historical analyses of previous budget experience, support data for budget request, current year apportionment and allotment data, and information concerning the allocation and use of funds at the program level. Output: This system provides the information necessary to generate regular budget schedules as prescribed by OMB Circular A-11, and apportionment schedules. Agency Contact: (202) 634-6361. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD S04400-001 Case Processing System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 63-0100-0-1-505. Program: Field Investigation Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Education and Labor; House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (P.L. 80-101, § 7,8,9,10). Availability: The reports are available publicly and used internally by Agency officials. Geographic Relevance: County; City; Other--NLRB regions Purpose: The purpose is to provide an accounting of all cases processed in the Agency. Various statistical reports are obtained including median elapsed days and volume of cases at different stages of case handling. Input: The data are acquired from source documents of case actions. The data are transferred by analysis clerks into machine-readable formats via terminals. Content: The case data tracking system captures pertinent case tracking data from source documents onto machine-readable formats via terminals. Various computer reports are generated showing, for example, median elapsed days for various states of casehandling, case volume statistics, and the applicability of case stages to constituent elements of the National Labor Relations Act and its amendments. Output: Output is median elapsed days, volume of case statistics, and applicability of case stages to elements of the National Labor Relations Act and its amendments. These reports, which are machine printouts, are produced monthly. A report of all case statistics is published annually. Agency Contact: (202) 254-9226. S04400-002 Executive Secretary's Management Information System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 63-0100-0-1-505. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Education and Labor; House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (P.L. 80-101, § 7,8,9,10). Availability: The monthly reports are used internally. Annual summaries are available publicly. Geographic Relevance: Other--NLRB regions Purpose: The case tracking system was devised to expedite the processing of cases before the Board. Terminals in the Executive Secretary's Office provide monthly statistical reports on volume of cases handled by each Board Member's legal staff. Input: The primary source of data is case processing. The information derived from this system is input to the time-sharing computer. Content: Periodic reports show which cases are overdue according to established time standards and the responsible individuals. Statistics on the number of cases handled by each Board Member's legal assistant are printed out periodically. This system is operated with data keyed into terminals located in the Executive Secretary's Office. Computer reports are generated. Output: The system provides reports on stages of case processing, overdue cases, case statistics, and volume of cases. These reports are monthly printouts from the computer. Agency Contact: (202) 254-9226. S04400-003 Legal Research System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 63-0100-0-1-505. Program: Securing Compliance with Board Orders Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Education and Labor; House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, EduIcation and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (P.L. 80-101, § 10). Availability: Agency contact Geographic Relevance: Other--NLRB regions Purpose: The purpose is to classify case information for legal research. When subject matter is codified, outlined, indexed, and updated, it is published. Input: The data are cases processed by the agency. Content: On-line communications terminals are utilized for copy preparation to process data files for publication and the cumulative updating of classification outlines for subject matter classification and classified indexes on those outlines for publications covering Board decisions and related court decisions. Output: Output includes classified indexes on Board and related court decisions and the classification of subject matter outlines. The output is magnetic tape data files. These tapes are input to GPO photocomposition process. Agency Contact: (202) 254-9350. S04400-004 Budget System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 63-0100-0-1-505. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Education and Labor; House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Labor Management Act of 1947 (P.L. 80-101, § 7,8,9,10). Availability: Presentation Reports to OMB available only pursuant to OMB Circular A-10. Congressional Justification material is available after submission to Congress. Contact preparer. Geographic Relevance: National Purpose: In order to meet Presidential and congressional requirements, three steps are employed in the Budget System: Budget Formulation, Budget Presentation/Justification and Budget Execution/Review. Input: Data come from all segments of the Agency. The budget staff manually gathers these data and systematically processes them to fill Agency needs and meet Presidential and congressional reporting requirements. Content: The budget staff develops and obtains approval of the budget, and implements and monitors agency operating plans. The agency's performance budget shows the relationship between the amount of work expected to be accomplished and the cost of that work. It provides comprehensive information to OMB, Congress, and Agency operating officials about the relative size of the work program and the extent to which economy and efficiency are effected. Output: Output is Manpower Report, Agency's Budget Report, and Performance Budget Report. The monthly reports are manually produced paper copies; the Agency's Budget Report, however, is produced annually. Agency Contact: (202) 254-9040. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD $04500-002 Budget/Fiscal System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 95-2400-0-1-505. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Government Operations; House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Railway Labor Act of 1936 (P.L. 74-487, § 3-10, 201207). Availability: System output is publicly available, except for Civil Service Commission requirements on personnel management. Geographic Relevance: National Purpose: The administrative system includes the following functions: budget and financial management, personnel management, procurement, contract administration, and property and space management. Input: Data in this system are in accordance with requirements of the Office of Management and Budget, Department of the Treasury, Civil Service Commission, General Services Administration, and the General Accounting Office. Content: The administrative system consists of the budget and financial management of the National Mediation Board (budget estimates, justification, and execution); quarterly apportionments and reports on budget status. The function of personnel management includes recruitment of personnel and salary and wage administration. The procurement function involves the administration of contracts for furnishing supplies, equipment, and other materials. Property and space management functions are carried out in accordance with GSA regulations. Output: The frequency of system output is monthly, quarterly, and annually, as required by the Office of Management and Budget, Department of the Treasury, Civil Service Commission, and the General Services Administration. Agency Contact: (202) 523-5950. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION S04600-001 Management Information System (MIS). OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 49-0100-0-1-251. Program: Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering; Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences; Science Education Programs; Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences; Research Applied to National Needs; Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs; Program Development and Management Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Science and Technology; House Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUDIndependent Agencies Subcommittee. Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Purpose: The system exists mainly to support NSF's principal functions and includes the receipt, evaluation, approval, or declination of proposals and applications for grants and contracts and the administration of awards, contracts, and grants related to the proposals received and the maintenance of history data regarding prior year proposals and awards. Input: The data used for this system are derived from applications filed by individuals and institutions and may be found on various forms used for administrative processing. They are also recorded on an on-line data base. Content: The information contained in proposal master records includes items such as proposal title, fields of science, fields of application, requested amounts, effective dates, and status information. Award master records contain similar information: awarded amounts, dates of awards, split funding, status, and checkpoint data. Proposal processing and award processing are separate subsystems of the MIS, but they are closely related in supporting the NSF mission. Proposals and awards are national in scope and coverage. Administrative processing is accomplished on a fiscal year basis, but updating is done continuously on a daily basis. Output: Several monthly, quarterly, and annual hardcopy reports dealing with statistical analysis of proposed receipts, awards, and declinations are produced from the system. Agency Contact: (202) 632-7371. S04600-002 Financial Accounting System (FAS). OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 49-0100-0-1-251. Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Geographic Relevance: State Purpose: The system provides the operating officials of the NSF with the financial data needed to assist in the planning, programming, control, and evaluation required for the effective accomplishment of the NSF's goals. The system controls funds and other assets to insure that the budget execution is accomplished in accordance with the provisions of the law, administrative procedures, and policies. Input: Applications filed by institutions and individuals, training requests, travel authorizations, purchase orders, and other financial documents are the sources of system input. Content: The information contained in the financial files includes such items as financial coding structure (appropriation, organization, program, object class, operating plan, allotment, etc.), institution, transaction amount, transaction identification (letter of credit number, registry number, voucher, etc.), posting date, and general ledger accounts updated. Master records summarize the amounts by such cuts as general ledger account, operating plan and allotment available balances, year-to-date obligations, and outstanding commitments (by operating plan, budget activity, allotment, and object class). Output: The principal reports include: 1) General Ledger Trial Balance, Hardcopy, daily; 2) Budget Execution Reports, hardcopy, daily; 3) Obligation Status Reports, hardcopy, weekly; 4) Allotment Reports, hardcopy, weekly; 5) Cash Subledger Reports, hardcopy, weekly; 6) Operating Plan Summaries, terminal display, on request; and 7) Quarterly Expenditure Report, hardcopy, quarterly. Agency Contact: (202) 632-7371. S04600-003 Dahlgren Data System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 49-0100-0-1-251. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Science and Technology; House Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUDIndependent Agencies Subcommittee. Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Availability: These reports are for internal use only. Purpose: The principal functions of NSF are to support and fund basic and applied research, science and technology, policy research, science education improvement activities, and related scientific programs. The Dahlgren system exists to mainly support those functions. Input: The data used for this system are derived from award budgets filed by the Grants Office of the National Science Foundation. Content: The information contained in the budget file includes items such as salaries, equipment costs, travel costs, computer costs, and number of man-months. Administrative processing is accomplished on a fiscal year basis, but updating is done continuously. Output: The principal reports are: 1) Budget Summaries by Program, hardcopy, annually and on request; 2) Budget Summaries by Institution, hardcopy, annually and on request; 3) Academic Year Salaries Report, hardcopy, on request; 4) Summer Salaries Report, hardcopy, on request; and 5) File Listings, hardcopy, annually and on request. Agency Contact: (202) 632-7371. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION S04700-001 Budget System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 95-7100-0-1-553. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Education and Labor; House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (P.L. 91596, § 12). Availability: Output is for internal use only. It is generated and distributed by this Agency. Geographic Relevance: National Purpose: The system is to provide management with an up-todate status of funding and spending in every object class. This system also provides information by vendor. Input: The primary source of input is internal. The Administrative Division of this Agency provides purchase order information to the Budget Division for entering into the system. Content: This system provides the following information: Allotments, obligations, and unobligated balances. Accrued expenditures and disbursements are accumulated by cost center, major object class, and subobject class under the major budget activities of the Agency. Output: Schedule of payments, transactions by vendor object class, entry date, and purchase order number. These reports are generated in hardcopy; the frequency is upon request. Agency Contact: (202) 634-6621. gional field offices. Content: This system provides lists of fields, operations, options, motion request codes, action and disposition codes, party codes, commissioner codes, and judges codes. It is updated daily. Output: Output is judges reports of Court of Appeals cases. These reports are generated in hardcopy and are distributed weekly. Agency Contact: (202) 634-6621. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION S04800-001 OPIC Insurance System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Overseas Private Investment Corporation / 71-4030-0-3-151. Program: Insurance Program Congressional Recipient: House Committee on International Relations; House Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operations Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Authority: Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-175). Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1974 (P.L. 93390). Availability: Output is not available publicly as it is company confidential. Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: The system was established to provide both manual and electronic data processing facilities to maintain records and create a data base for management information. The major functions of the system are to validate all input data; create new records on the master data bases; apply changes to previously established master records; and produce fiscal accounting, control, and statistical reports. Input: The data are derived from applications for insurance, insurance contracts, election of coverage requests, and insurance premiums. Content: The system consists of a contract subsystem, a cash subsystem, and an application subsystem. Each subsystem is run monthly. The application subsystem contains all information necessary for the processing of an application to obtain an insurance contract. The contract subsystem contains all information necessary to administer the contract subsystem, and the cash subsystem contains records of the premium payments for each contract. An automated data base dates from about 1971 and contains such information as country, name and address of company, amount of coverage, premium rate, and payment history. Output: Reports are generated monthly and include contract master record computer file, cash and master record computer file, applications master record computer file, contract bills, payment listing, new contract listing, active contracts with country listing, and pending application status listing. Agency Contact: (202) 632-3396. S04700-002 Case Tracking System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 95-7100-0-1-553. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Education and Labor; House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (P.L. 91596, § 12). Availability: Output is publicly available and is printed and distributed by this Agency. Purpose: The system is to track the flow of cases from assignment to this Agency, through review, decision, and to the Court of Appeals. Input: Data are provided from interoffice divisions and re S04800-002 OPIC Accounting and Budget System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Overseas Private Investment Corporation / 71-4030-0-3-151. Program: Insurance, Guaranty, and Loan Program Availability: Output is not publicly available. It is used to meet internal management needs and external reporting requirements. Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: The accounting and budget system reports to management, other Federal agencies, Congress, and the public on the results of operation. The insurance program provides insurance coverage to U.S. businesses against political risks likely to be encountered in less developed countries. This includes coverage against inconvertibility of local currency, expropriation, nationalization or confiscation of property by a foreign government, and war risks damage to tangible property as a result of war, revolution, or insurrection. Finance programs assist U.S. lenders and business enterprises in locating and financing worthwhile projects in the developing world. Input: The information is derived from contractual agreements with investors and vendors. Major sources of data are: vendor invoices, insurance contracts, loan agreements, insurance election of coverage forms, certificate of deposits, schedule of disbursements, contracts for services, and purchase orders for supplies and services. Content: The accounting and budgetary system is an administrative and management control system reflecting obligations and expenditures incurred for each department, object class, and general ledger account classification. The system reflects actual cost data by major expense categories such as salaries, contracted services, and other administrative costs; revenues such as premiums from insurance programs, interest and fees related to the finance program, interest realized from investment in U.S. Government securities, and recoveries related to prior claim payments. The reports include all pertinent financial data for the period covered and are prepared on a consistent basis from one period to another. Output: Monthly reports are the departmental allotment and obligation record and a statement of transaction. Quarterly reports are: 1) Statement of income, 2) balance sheet, 3) statement of changes in capital and reserves, 4) statement of changes in financial position, 5) statement of financial condition, 6) report of direct and guaranteed loan, and 7) loans receivable by function. Annual reports are: 1) analysis of changes in Government equity, 2) commitments and contingencies, 3) analysis of changes in statement of financial condition, and 4) input to the President's budget. Agency Contact: (202) 632-8962. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY S04900-001 Ship Data Bank System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Panama Canal Company / 38-4060-03-376. Program: Transit Operations; Support Services Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Merchant Marine Availability: Output is primarily for internal use. Purpose: This system maintains a library of statistical data on ships that have transited the Canal or called at Canal ports. Daily reports are provided pilots and other operating personnel for use in transit and port operations, and summary reports are made to management on tolls revenue, time in Canal Zone waters, and other measures of Canal operating performance. In addition, data on types and quantity of cargo transited, trade routes, ship types, etc., are accumulated and reported for statistical analysis. Input: The primary sources of system input are internal and consist of documents prepared for each ship's arrival at the Panama Canal. The input consists of ship attributes and transit data and is prepared by the following operating units: Admeasurer's Office, Port Captains' Offices, Transit Operations Division, Customer Deposit Section, and Tolls Billing Section. The ship attributes consist of: identification and general information, size, dimensions, tonnage capacities, operating characteristics, transit requirements, Port Captains, and Marine Traffic Control remarks. The transit data includes Boarding Officers, Customs and Quarantine information, actual transit information, Pi lot's Ship Condition report, tolls, and supplementary charges and cargo declaration. Content: This system contains information on approximately 13,500 ships involving 30,000 transits. This library includes 145 items of data on each ship's attributes and 95 items on each transit, including type and amount of cargo carried. This information is utilized to prepare reports based on ships attributes, transit data, and cargo carried for operational, financial review, economic analysis, financial forecasting, and long-range planning. The data are also available for use in preparing reports to do research for Canal capacity, tolls, and other special studies. Output: The principal reports are: 1) Information Reports for Daily Operations (daily, reports); 2) Tolls Revenue Reports (daily, reports and chart); 3) Information Reports for Current and Future Planning (daily/monthly, reports); 4) Performance Reports (daily/monthly, reports); 5) Analysis Reports (daily/monthly, reports). These are hardcopy and CRT. Agency Contact: (202) 724-0104. $04900-002 General Accounting System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Panama Canal Company / 38-4050-03-376; Operating Expenses / 38-0116-0-1-806; Capital Outlay / 380118-0-1-806. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; House Committee on Appropriations: Transportation Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Transportation Subcommittee. Authority: P.L. 81-841. P.L. 93-607. P.L. 87-845. Availability: All output is for internal use only. Geographic Relevance: Other--Canal Zone Purpose: This is an integrated system which includes general ledger accounting, accounting for plant items, job order cost accounting, control of budget data, and reports comparing budget with current financial operations. The system produces financial information for use by management and operating personnel throughout the Company and the Government. For example, the Job Order Cost Accounting System provides a means whereby costs can be controlled on an individual job order basis in any bureau needing to control its workload in this manner. Input: The primary sources of system input are internal and consist of: 1) Journal Vouchers; 2) Vouchers Payable; and 3) Interface data from the following systems or subsystems: Storehouse System, Merchandise, Payroll, Plant Accounting, Job Order Cost Accounting, and Accounts Receivable. Content: This system pulls together all the financial transactions for the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government. The General Accounting System accumulates and maintains financial and budget information for approximately 17,000 Operating Accounts and 550 Balance Sheet Accounts. This information is used to provide financial reporting based on operations for every level of management showing monthly and year-to-date information. This information is used to prepare required financial reports for the United States Government, including the U.S. Treasury and OMB. The input data is processed into the system approximately weekly, and financial reports are prepared monthly. Output: The principal hardcopy reports are: 1) Source Journals and Controls, each processing cycle; 2) Job Order Reports, weekly and monthly; 3) Plant Accounting Reports, quarterly; 4) Financial Operating Reports, monthly; and 5) Financial Balance Sheet, monthly; Top Statements are prepared manually utilizing computer reports on a monthly basis. Agency Contact: (202) 724-0104. S04900-003 Storehouse Inventory System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Panama Canal Company / 38-4060-03-376; Operating Expenses / 38-0116-0-1-806. Program: Transit Operations; Supporting Activities Operations; Civil Functions Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; House Committee on Appropriations: Transportation Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Transportation Subcommittee. Authority: P.L. 81-841. P.L. 93-607. Availability: All output except purchase orders addressed to vendors and catalogs for customers is for internal use only. Geographic Relevance: Other--Canal Zone Purpose: This system assists in controlling the materials and supplies required in the operations of the Panama Canal Company and Government. This system includes the computation of the desired level of stock, establishing reorder points for replenishing the stock level of such items, preparation of purchase orders to procure items, and provision of numerous other elements of information used by personnel within the Supply and Community Service Bureau in managing this inventory. Input: User organizations create the material issues, returns to stock, reservation requests, and reservation orders. Inventory management personnel generate the purchase orders, material transfers, payments, and adjustments. Warehouse personnel input the stock receipts and inventory counts. Content: The Storehouse Inventory System maintains detailed information on each of 37,000 stock items. The information includes a detailed description of the item, the unit price, quantity on hand at various warehouse locations, total inventory value, usage data by organization, usage data by time period, and quantity on order. Twice per month the system produces a listing of items which have reached their reorder points, along with recommended order quantities. Management reviews the list and initiates the printing of purchase orders. An intransit file keeps records of outstanding orders and payments. The system interfaces with a General Accounting System to automatically update the inventory account, freight account, intransit account, and user end accounts. Output: The principal hardcopy reports are: 1) Stock Catalog, annual; 2) Order Guide, biweekly; 3) Purchase Orders, biweekly; 4) Stock Status, monthly; 5) Stock Activity, monthly; 6) Stock Usage, monthly; and 7) Undelivered Orders, monthly. The system provides no on-line query capability. Agency Contact: (202) 724-0104. $04900-004 Financial Planning System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Panama Canal Company / 38-4060-03-376; Operating Expenses / 38-0116-0-1-806; Capital Outlay / 380118-0-1-806. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; House Committee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Armed Services. Authority: P.L. 81-841. P.L. 93-607. P.L. 87-845. Geographic Relevance: Other--Canal Zone Purpose: This system is used to formulate and revise the budget, provide budget information for internal use and external reporting requirements, and integrate the budget and accounting information for comparative reporting purposes. It is used for the operating budgets of all units and activities of both the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government. Input: Input is from lowest level managers with financial control and responsibility. For the multiyear budgeting process, input consists of revised current year estimates, revised budget amounts for the next fiscal year, and budget amounts for the fiscal year after next. For the current year budget process, input consists of budget amounts for each month of the current fiscal year. Content: This system maintains a multiyear budget file and a current year budget file. The multiyear budget file contains the following data at the operating account level: actual last fiscal year; current fiscal year budget amount; revised current year estimate; budget amount next fiscal year; revised budget amount next fiscal year; and budget amount fiscal year after next. The current year budget file contains the current year budget amounts for each of 12 months, at the operating account level. There are approximately 10,000 operating accounts. Output: The principal outputs of this system are: base organization reports, summary organization reports, function reports, Company/Government services performer reports, and periodic surveys. The reports are produced as required during the annual budget cycle in hardcopy form. Agency Contact: (202) 724-0104. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD S05100-001 Railroad Retirement, Disability, and Survivor Benefit Payment System (Including Medicare). OMB Funding Title/Code: Railroad Retirement Account (Trust Funds) / 60-8011-0-7-601. Program: Retirement, Disability, and Survivor Benefit Payments Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; House Committee on Appropriations: LaborHealth, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-445). Availability: Output is not publicly available as its is primarily utilized to meet the internal information requirements of the Railroad Retirement Board and the information requirements of external agencies such as the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service. Geographic Relevance: National; State; Other--district office areas Purpose: The system adjudicates claims, both automatically and manually, for retirement, disability and survivor benefits payable under the provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. The system pays regular retirement, supplemental, spouse, widow(er), children, student, and parent monthly benefits; it also pays one-time lump sum death benefits usually used for burial expenses and residual payments to qualified railroad retirement beneficiaries and lump sum applicants. The system also enrolls and collects premiums from qualified railroad retirement beneficiaries for Medicare. Input: The system utilizes input from the individual applicant in the form of specific applications and supporting evidence (proof of birth, marriage, last person service, medical evidence). Wage and service month certification is received from other intra-agency files. The Social Security Administration supplies wage and possible benefit information through telecommunication transfer, and proofs and medical evidence documentation through manual paper exchange. Content: The benefit payment operation is comprised of four main subsystems that operate on a daily, semiweekly, monthly, and annual basis. The system provides for the accumulation and maintenance of records necessary for the issuance of payments under the Railroad Retirement Act and the Social Security Act. Output: The principal output includes: Check Issue File (tape, produced daily); Tax Credit File (tape, produced monthly); Supplemental Annuity File (tape, produced monthly); Various Microfilm Reference Files (tape, produced monthly); and Various Referral Files (hardcopy, produced daily). Agency Contact: (312) 751-4600. $05100-002 Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Benefit Payment System. OMB Funding Title/Code: Railroad Unemployment Insurance Fund (Trust Fund) / 20-8042-0-7-601 / 20-8042-0-7-604. Program: Processing of Unemployment Claims; Processing of Sickness Claims; Processing of Unemployment Insurance Claims Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; House Committee on Appropriations: LaborHealth, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on |