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Explanation of Changes Shown on Schedule C

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, $119,804,000. The fiscal year 2006 budget request is an increase of $8,159,000 or 7.3% over the fiscal year 2005 amount. This amount includes $50,842,000 for mandatory items, $568,000 for price level increases, $62,889,000 for program current services and $5,505,000 for program changes.

L Personnel Details: FY'06 Request - $50,842,000

A. Base: $48,756,000

i. The estimated FY'05 personnel compensation will be $48,574,000

ii. The estimated FY'05 personnel benefits will be $182,000

B. Budget Calculations:

i. FY05 Cost of Living Annualized - (0.928%) 3.71%

ii. FY06 Cost of Living Prorated - (2.325%) 3.1%

iii. FY'06 Longevity Increases - 0%

iv. FY06 Meritorious Increase - 1.4%

C. Requested Changes:

i. FY05 Base Adjustment - ($202,000)

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Reflects anticipated savings from personnel turnover based on historical
FTE utilization rates.

ii. FY05 Cost of Living Annualized - $449,000

iii. FY06 Cost of Living Prorated - $1,135,000

iv. FY06 Longevity Increases - $0

v. FY06 Meritorious Increase - $700,000

vi. FY06 Personel Benefits - $4,000

vii. Proposed Change in the House Employees Position Classification Act (HEPCA) – The Office of the CAO is recommending to implement a performance based rewards system for its HEPCA covered employees, to become effective January 1, 2006. A key objective of this proposal is to promote an optimal and high performing workforce by rewarding employees based on their accomplishments and contributions to the organization. A proposal on this recommendation is being developed, and will be submitted for key stakeholder consideration and inclusion in the fiscal year 2006 bill.

IL Price Level Details: FY'06 Request - $568,000

The increase of $568,000 is based upon an inflation factor of 2.0%.

IL Program Details: FY'06 Request - $68,394,000
A. Current Services:

i. Transformational Planning: $193,000- Includes the following three elements: 1)
Strategic Planning to ensure enterprise-wide design, development and execution
of CAO strategies and supporting transformational activities; 2) Learning and
Development to provide overall coordination and management of employee
learning and development; and 3) Performance Measurement to enable
assessment of organizational performance and to promote organization-wide

improvement and change as measured against employee/customer satisfaction surveys and service level agreements.

ii. Communications: $59,000 - Provides efficient and comprehensive strategic communications consultation, support, and leadership to the CAO and the House of Representatives, enabling customers to more efficiently and effectively serve their constituents.

iii. Legal Services: $25,000 - Provides accurate and timely legal analysis and advice to the CAO, the various business units within the Office of the CAO and to the House community.

iv. Applications Support Operations: $3,130,000 – Performs sustaining engineering for mission critical applications to meet or exceed system availability requirements, implement enhancements to mission critical applications, and migrate applications from the mainframe to more supportable/maintainable platform(s). Examples of the systems supported include: Legislative Information Management System (LIMS), Congressional Accounting and Personnel System (CAPS), Fixed Asset and Inventory Management System (FAIMS), and the Customer Tracking System (CTS).

v. Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR): $15,496,000 – Provides for the planning and implementation of improvements in infrastructure, systems, information security, emergency response capabilities, and business continuity capabilities. This program covers the sustainment costs for initiatives funded through the emergency supplemental appropriation. The current service level for BC/DR also includes mail (postal) operations, which provides the House of Representatives with consistent, high quality contracted services in the areas of mail operations. Mail operations are conducted in accordance with guidance from the House Science Advisor, and employee procedures for ensuring the safe and secure receipt, processing, and delivery of mail to the House campus. Under the secured mail procedures, the following standards have been established: (1) package delivery standards at 1.5 days or less following approval and release from quarantine; (2) letter and flat mail delivery standards at 2.5 days following receipt at the facility; and (3) call center closure rate at 95% or better. The current services funding level includes a rescission of $3,500,000 in postal operations. vi. Congressional Transition: $1,586,000 - In the first fiscal quarter following an election year, the CAO oversees a transition for the House. A New Member Center is established for Members Elect, and numerous office moves occur to prepare for incoming Members. The current services budget covers costs associated with the transition of the 109th Congress, including Member website development, telecommunications requirements to support new Member office voice and data requirements, and office and equipment moves for incoming Members.

vii. House IT Training Support: $231,000 – Creates strategies for developing and delivering customized solutions for improving the skills and performance of House staff in both Washington, DC and District offices. Offerings include a menu of learning courses that focus on high-quality instructor-led classroom training, online training and instructor-led web-based training; and distance learning technologies. It also includes the management of training activities, initiatives, and the vendor contract for training services, as well as the maintenance of the training facility in the Longworth House Office Building. viii. House Technical Support: $620,000 – Provides technical support for desktop and mobile computing devices for Members, Committees, Leadership and House offices. Services also include operation of the HIR Call Center for urgent onsite/in office computer and information technology support.

ix. Information Systems Security: $2,051,000 - Provides protection of the House information infrastructure through day-to-day information systems security operations, training, policy and procedure development, and compliance monitoring. In addition, this program supports the House's information systems security program, which includes: security awareness training; information security policy and procedure development; administration of House access control systems; and incident management response.

x. Messaging Systems: $1,231,000 - Provides sustaining engineering for House messaging systems operations including: e-mail, scheduling, public folders, integrated faxing, customer support, and wireless messaging services. xi. Systems Engineering Support: $292,000

Supports technology architecture, engineering initiatives and technology evaluations, configuration management, and special projects.

xii. Systems Support Operations: $2,959,000 - Provides funding for a stable, reliable operating environment for the server infrastructure and mainframe in support of current and planned House operations, including operations of the Ford Data Center.

xiii. Telecommunications Data: $7,460,000 - Provides the House community with a highly reliable, fault tolerant campus network for access to information services inside and outside of the House.

xiv. Telecommunications Voice: $2,015,000 - Provides for local telephone services (e.g., voice mail, PBX, facilities configuration, secure voice units), and maintains the infrastructure for the use of the system.

xv. Web Services and Support: $1,489,000 - Provides portal integration, content management and web assistance. This program also acquires and delivers required newswire data subscriptions to Member Offices and Committees including Factiva Newswire Subscription service, National Journal, and Associated Press.

xvi. Records Management: $0 Provides the House with a retrieval and data management system that supports the informational needs of the House on a dayto-day basis, and with a seamless transition to a continuity of business operations during times of emergency. Services provided include retention of official personnel records for all current and former House employees, processing of agency and individual requests for transcripts of service, employment verifications and background investigations, and other authorized/required records management requests. No funding is reflected in current services (FY 2005) due to the removal of funding for a one-time study related to the replacement of the payroll system that was planned in 2004.

xvii. Planning and Strategy: $384,000 - Provides the CAO and the House with recommendations for HR operations, processes, service delivery continuums, and structures based on benchmarking against "best-in-breed" services, BPI studies, and the latest customer feedback on multiple service levels.

xviii. Benefits/Compensation: $421,000 - Provides to House Members, staff and retirees, a variety of services including payroll administration and disbursement, counseling, distribution of information and materials, and benefits plan administration associated with health and life insurance, retirement plans, the thrift savings program, workers compensation and unemployment services. xix. Human Capital Development: $309,000 – Funds contractual costs associated with the continual review and assessment of House developmental needs. It also covers some equipment costs for the Office of Employee Assistance and the nonpersonnel costs associated with providing a House-wide Health Fair each year.

xx. Financial Services Support: $255,000 – Funds the administrative costs associated with providing financial advice, assistance, analysis and reporting to the Leadership. Members, Committees, Officers, and other House entities. xxi. Contract and Purchasing Services: $115,000 - Provides acquisition advice to the CAO and other House offices to ensure goods and services are acquired at the best value. Also serves as the central contracting office for the House by administering awarded contracts, and reviewing/approving purchase orders created by CAO and other House offices.

xxii. Electronic Procurement Services: $559,000

Manages the House of Representative's electronic procurement system (Procurement Desktop), which provides the House with an efficient and accountable means of obtaining goods and services necessary for its mission. This program is also responsible for training and supporting users and maintaining the software necessary for those functions.

xxiii. Committee Room Broadcast: $2,000,000 (no-year) – Provides audio and video technology upgrades that give Committees options to broadcast their hearings. The funding covers between six to eight room upgrades per year.

xxiv. Contractor Management: $589,000 - Provides the House with consistent, highquality contracted services in the areas of personal services and food concessions, including the Members' Dining Room. The Office of Contractor Management is also responsible for ensuring the establishment and consistent application of performance-based measures in service contracts awarded for efficient House operations.

xxv. Finish Schedule: $1,215,000 - Provides furnishings for Capitol offices and Committee rooms, including Committee rooms participating in the Broadcast Renovation program.

xxvi. Furniture Support Services: $2,493,000 - Provides a range of services for the physical setup and support of the administrative operations of House offices, including office furniture and furnishings, carpeting, and draperies.

xxvii. House Recording Studio Services: $707,000 – Provides high quality audio/video services to Members by broadcasting House floor proceedings to the general public, and by providing audio/video coverage of Committee hearings for historical documentation and for acquisition by the general public.

xxviii. Leadership and Management: $3,248,000 - Provides ongoing administrative oversight, office management, secretariat, budget/financial responsibilities, and project support to ensure premier service is provided to the House. Also included in this program are the functions of the House Galleries.

xxix. Modular Furniture: $3,115,000 ($2,805,352 no-year) - Replaces the House inventory of traditional case goods furniture with modular case goods and systems furniture that is ergonomically compatible with the technology driven office environment, and will take advantage of vertical space to accommodate improved storage. The current services funding level includes a rescission of $888,648.

xxx. Office Support Services: $359,000 - Provides a range of services for the physical setup and support of the administrative operations of House offices. These services cover such things as: office supplies; office equipment, and notary, passport, and mail services.

xxxi. Operations Support Services: $1,310,000 - Includes a range of services such as: office furniture, purchase order processing, office equipment inventory maintenance, and vendor management.

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