SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TRANSFIE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL JIM KOLBE, Arizona, Chairman FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire STENY H. HOYER, Maryland LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking MICHELLE MRDEZA, JEFF ASHFORD, KURT DODD, and TAMMY HUGHES, PART 3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 64-690 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2000 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-060759-0 RALPH REGULA, Ohio C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JOE SKEEN, New Mexico FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITĄ M. LOWEY, New York JOSE E. SERRANO, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT E. “BUD” CRAMER, JR., Alabama JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 00-327567 TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2001 THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2000. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION MICHAEL J. LYLE, DIRECTOR WITNESS Mr. KOLBE. The subcommittee on Treasury, Postal, and General Government will come to order. We resume this afternoon's hearing, the second one today, and welcome Mr. Michael Lyle. I believe, Mr. Lyle, this is your first appearance before this subcommittee. Mr. LYLE. Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman, it is, and I thank you for your welcome. Mr. KOLBE. We look forward to hearing your testimony on behalf of the operations of the Executive Office of the President, and we look forward to working with you during the coming fiscal year 2001 appropriations cycle. Given our anticipated fiscal restraints, it may be that expectations for the coming year are a bit high. The President is asking for an increase of 5.7 percent above the current year, and that does not include $2.5 million as a grant to Puerto Rico, which really has nothing to do with White House operations and, of course, the increase in the President's salary, which is mandated by law. I have some specific concerns about the proposed funding levels, the additional staff within the Office of Administration, the tremendous construction project that is being proposed within the Executive Residence and some of the costs associated with the transition. But I have a few other observations about some of the current events that I would like to just make here at the outset. First, I am enormously concerned by reports that the electronic mail messages within the White House have not been properly captured by the Records Management System. This Committee has worked hard at ensuring that the White House not only has sufficient appropriations to accommodate all of its information technology requirements, but also to ensure that the appropriate management tools are in place to develop and maintain these systems. I am particularly concerned about the implications this problem may have in terms of the White House compliance with the requirements of the Armstrong resolution. Second, and I am sure this comes as no surprise to others, since the First Lady has announced her intention of running for the United States Senate in New York, the phones in our sub (1) |