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tunity, quite frankly, to do that level of due diligence on the Police Department. If the facts as presented are correct in terms of lack of integration of administrative functions and that sort of thing, then I think those recommendations are completely legitimate.

I want to and I come from a management background-do due diligence, and that is one of the reasons we are going to have six or seven people from Booz-Allen there on Friday morning, to ask a lot of questions and to put them to the proof that that is in fact the case. And if it is the case, absolutely I agree that that is what we need to do.

Senator FEINSTEIN. I am sort of familiar in my past life with police departments. It was my highest priority as mayor.

Senator BENNETT. I think that is an understatement.

Senator FEINSTEIN. And I brought the department up to its fully authorized strength and really pushed to bring it into the modern age. That is one of the most difficult things for police to do. I recognize that, and I do not want to be overly critical.

I do, just from what I have read, sense that there is a deficit here and that that has to be recognized and it has to be met in some way. I guess what I want you to know is I am going to be watching to see if it happens.

Mr. ZIGLAR. Would you mind being a consultant? [Laughter.]
Mr. ABRECHT. I assure you it is going to happen, Senator.

Senator FEINSTEIN. Because for some reason this always seems to threaten people and it should not. It really should not. And particularly here, because some of the concerns that you mentioned, Chief, are really very valid concerns, you know, and I think you need the most up to date and the best structure here.

Well, let me ask, put the question this way. With respect to the absence of strategic planning for your administrative functions, do you agree with the conclusion of the report that you need to anticipate, anticipate modifying existing administrative capabilities to support your operations?

Mr. ABRECHT. Absolutely. I think-I hope the Congress will remember that we asked for this study. We determined that these weaknesses existed long before I ever heard of the name BoozAllen. We determined that we need to strengthen these three areas of our operation, that we had devoted perhaps too much of our resources to making sure that we got the job done and not enough to making sure that our infrastructure was in place.

We asked that there be a study to give us some guidance on this, and that is exactly what this is and we intend to implement this aggressively and get it done in the immediate future.

Senator FEINSTEIN. Good.

Mr. ABRECHT. I assure you, I am not threatened by this study. Senator FEINSTEIN. Well, no, I did not say you. I just said my experience has been that people are threatened by it.

Mr. ABRECHT. We want to get these problems behind us. I think a lot of them are a result of things outside, that have happened outside of our control. We took over the personnel functions of this Police Department, which used to be split between the Senate Disbursing Office and the House Finance Office, and we became our own personnel enterprise and we underresourced that when we

took it over and we did not take the time and put enough effo into getting it up to speed.

Senator FEINSTEIN. Well, let me ask another question. Do y currently have the resources, both in terms of technical skills a available staff, to initiate the kind of review that is necessary really look at this?

Mr. ZIGLAR. The answer is that by and large I believe we do, b we will be reaching outside for some help. The form of that he is yet to be determined. But I feel like it is good to have somebo on the outside looking in and helping you with that.

Senator FEINSTEIN. And you have the budget to do that? I mea it is budgeted?

Mr. ZIGLAR. Yes.

Mr. ABRECHT. The security enhancement plan contains a conti gency item where there is some money for studies, and we inter to use, with the committee's approval, some very small portion that to assist us to facilitate these management studies and in provements.

Senator FEINSTEIN. All right.

ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE QUESTIONS

Mr. Chairman, I have some questions on the financial syste itself. May I submit them for the record and ask them to answe them?

Senator BENNETT. Absolutely.

Senator FEINSTEIN. Thank you.

Senator BENNETT. Thank you very much. We appreciate you being here.

Again, we appreciate the openness with which the Capitol Polic has addressed these problems. It is very refreshing. We want to b as helpful as we can.

Mr. ZIGLAR. We look forward, Mr. Chairman, to coming back an telling you of the progress that we have made.

Senator BENNETT. Very good.

[The following questions were not asked at the hearing, but wer submitted to the Board for response subsequent to the hearing:]

QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN

Question. With respect to the lack of an efficient financial management system Booz-Allen, & Hamilton felt that a needs assessment would be the first step in de termining the future financial needs of the USCP. Has the USCP conducted a com prehensive needs assessment to determine your future system capabilities?

Answer. Over a year ago, the USCP Office of Financial Management began a pre liminary needs assessment by investigating the Federal Financial Management Sys tems used by other federal agencies and cross-servicing options. The General Ac counting Office (GAO) was cooperative and anxious to provide assistance in the solu tion of the USCP's financial management system deficiencies. The financial manage ment system used by GAO was also widely used and accepted throughout the fed eral financial community.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) Financial Management System (FMS) is American Management Systems (AMS) software available on the GSA Financial Management System Software (FMSS) schedule. As a contractor on this schedule the system is certified by the Operations Compatibility Verification Team consisting of representatives from the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Treas ury, and the General Services Administration as being compliant with the Joint Financial Managers Improvement Program (JFMIP) Core Financial System requirements which includes the Federal Managers' Financial Improvement Act (FMFIA), CFO Act, and OMB Circulars A-127 and A-130 related to federal financial systems.

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The AMS FMS is currently used by 38 federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Marshals Service, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

The remaining internal requirements relative to proprietary managerial reporting within the USCP will be developed as part of the strategic planning process. The FMS System has the capability to provide for such reporting.

Currently, the USCP is in the process of procuring a facilitator to develop a strategic plan, using the guidelines of the Government Performance and Results Act, and organizational information from key USCP staff. The strategic plan will include a comprehensive needs assessment to determine the future financial system requirements for the USCP.

Question. What were the results of the assessment?

The results of the assessment will be available at the completion of the USCP's strategic plan which is projected to be awarded and completed within six months. Question. BAH also indicated that they thought that a cross-servicing arrangement would be the most efficient way to proceed, rather than the purchase by the Capitol Police of a new system outright. Do you agree and are you currently pursuing a cross-servicing agreement?

Answer. If an existing federal financial system meets the future financial management needs of the USCP, to be determined in the USCP strategic plan, a cross-servicing agreement would be the most efficient way to proceed. The General Accounting Office completed a cost comparison analysis based upon current USCP operations. The GAO paper showed that significant savings would be achieved in salaries, contractor support services, licensing fees, and computer time through cross-servicing. Further, this arrangement is consistent with the strategies contained in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers' Council which promotes cross-servicing wherever possible to achieve cost savings.

Question. What analysis was done to support such an arrangement?

Answer. An analysis was done by GAO based upon the current operation of the USCP including the volume of USCP transactions. Cost estimates for two alternative cross-servicing arrangements were completed. An analysis of purchasing a system for the USCP was not completed, however, the licensing fee for a cross-serviced USCP is $55,000 which is based on 25 percent of GAO's licensing fee. A final analysis will be completed with the USCP strategic plan.

Question. If the USCP enters into a cross-servicing arrangement, does the USCP currently have the staffing both in terms of numbers and skills to effectively utilize the enhanced capabilities?

Answer. The USCP does not have the staffing in terms of numbers or skills to effectively implement and utilize the enhanced capabilities of a new financial management system. A reorganization plan has been proposed based upon the structure of other small federal agencies, which includes establishing several key positions with specific financial management skill sets. The plan includes positions to accommodate the additional workload to implement the recommendations of the BoozAllen and Hamilton Review and additional continuing financial management accountability, control, and planning duties. Although a cross-servicing arrangement will provide the required hardware and software for a financial management system, the Capitol Police must have professionally trained staff to implement, operate, and maintain the USCP financial information in the system. A reevaluation of the reorganization plan will be completed with the development of the USCP strategic plan.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

STATEMENT OF HON. ALAN M. HANTMAN, AIA, ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

ACCOMPANIED BY:

MICHAEL G. TURNBULL, ASSISTANT ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
LYNNE THEISS, EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AMITA POOLE, SUPERVISING ENGINEER, CAPITOL BUILDING
STUART PREGNALL, BUDGET OFFICER

OPENING REMARKS

Senator BENNETT. All right, we will now hear from Mr. Hantman.

Mr. HANTMAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Senator BENNETT. All right. Mr. Hantman, you were mercifully ignored in the questions in the last panel, but I gather that will not happen this time.

The Architect has requested $287.3 million and, excluding the funds that Congress provided last year for the visitors center, this is a 43 percent increase over the fiscal 1999 level, and we will obviously want to hear about that.

Now, you are joined by the new Assistant Architect of the Capitol, Mr. Turnbull, who joined the office last June. Mr. Turnbull, we welcome you to your first hearing.

Mr. Pregnall, we welcome you as well.

Now, in addition to the Y2K issue, the committee's top priority for the Architect of the Capitol is the implementation of a financial management system that meets Federal accounting standards. The system that is chosen must be designed and utilized to provide the financial information required by the authorization and appropriations committees. It is critical, given the increase in funds and projects that the Architect is engaged in.

Mr. Hantman is a very ambitious Architect and has undertaken a number of projects, some of which are long overdue, and we congratulate you, sir, on your initiative in doing that. The Capitol visitors center of course is one of those, but it is also a project that clearly needs a good accounting system so that we can understand where we are and what we are getting for that.

We have received your testimony, sir. We will include it in the record in its entirety.

Senator Feinstein, do you have any comments before we go to the witness?

Senator FEINSTEIN. No, please go ahead.

Senator BENNETT. All right. Mr. Hantman, we are here to hear what you have to tell us.

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