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DISTRIBUTION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
FY 1972

The following chart depicts the relative distribution of FY 1972 budget authority for the General Operating Expenses budget totalling $266,250,000.

This budget funds General Administration which consists of nine agency-level staff offices, including the Office of the Administrator, and the Departments of Data Management and Veterans Benefits.

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BUDGET REQUEST

Mr. BOLAND. You are asking for an appropriation of $266,250,000 for fiscal 1972, an increase of $14,162,000 over last year, which was $252 million, and in 1970 was $243 million. The $252 million for 1971 includes the proposed supplemental pay increase_costs.

Mr. SHYTLE. That is not the one effective in January 1971. That is not in this budget.

NUMBER OF POSITIONS

Mr. BOLAND. How many positions are authorized for 1971 in this account?

Mr. SHYTLE. We are shooting for an average employment level of 19,877 for the total appropriation.

Mr. BOLAND. How many are on board now?
Mr. SILBERMAN. 19,233 full-time permanent.
Mr. BOLAND. And you are shooting for what?
Mr. SHYTLE. 19,877 average.

Mr. BOLAND. Will you break down the requested 257 increase in average employment? Where will they go?

Mr. JOHNSON. Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman; 256 will go to the Department of Veterans' Benefits. The other will go into one of the staff offices.

Mr. BOLAND. How much in the estimate reflects the full year cost of the pay raise?

Mr. SHYTLE. $12,900,000 is in here for the fiscal year cost of the pay raise that was effective December 29, 1969.

DISTRIBUTION OF APPLIED COSTS

Mr. BOLAND. We will insert in the record page 1-5 showing the costs by program and object.

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Mr. BOLAND. A comparison of the 1970 actual amounts with the budget request for 1972 shows some substantial increases. For instance, in "Rents, communications, and utilities" in 1970 you had $10,736,000 and you are requesting $14,986,000 in 1972. For "Other services" you had $8,187,000 in 1970 and in 1972 you are requesting $10,163,000. "Grants to States" goes up substantially, from $3,709,000 in 1970 to $7 million in 1972. How do you explain these?

Mr. SHYTLE. Mr. Chairman, we have had a substantial increase in all of these items of cost, the operating type of expenses. For example, this increase that you talk about in rents, communications, and utilities is basically cost changes related to communications. The total for the VA is up $5.5 million in 1972 over 1971. Maybe Mr. Budd can help with the rate. What amount of that is attributable to the rate?

Mr. BUDD. There is a 10-percent increase built in here. GSA who furnishes VA communications service has recommended that agencies obtain 10 percent because of the expected tariff increase. Another large part of the increase, of course, is the postage. There are several million dollars here on postage.

The VA workload, of course, generates more mailings and, of course, we have to reimburse the Post Office for these mailings, so it is really an impact that we receive from the increased workload.

Mr. JONAS. Did you base that on estimated increases in postage rates or the current rates?

Mr. BUDD. No, sir; this is based on the current rates.

Mr. SHYTLE. In this particular program, Mr. Chairman, in "General operating," we are utilizing our telephonic communications much more than we did in the past because we found that it expedites service considerably to do so. Part of our increase is attributable to that.

Mr. BOLAND. What is covered in "Grants to States"? You spent $3,709,000 in 1970 on that.

Mr. OwEN. Mr. Chairman, the "Grants to States" provides funds on a reimbursement basis for approval of our training program and supervision of certain aspects of the program. The increase is due to two reasons: the tremendous increase in the education program and the increased salaries and travel costs for the State employees where we are obligated to pick up their cost.

Mr. BOLAND. What do the State employees actually do in these programs?

Mr. OWEN. Mr. Chairman, the State employees are required to visit the training sites a school, an on-the-job training site, or in some instances the apprenticeship-type training program. They determine if it is adequate for the training of a veteran, that it has the required number of veterans participating, that the program provides for the proper training objective, and that the program is carried out properly throughout the year. They are required to make visits back to this training site or to the school to see if the continued approval is warranted.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Mr. BOLAND. We will insert page 1-9 in the record at this point. (The page follows:)

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

INTRODUCTION

"General Administration" is one of three VA activities funded from the "General Operating Expenses" appropriation-- the others being "Department of Data Management" and "Department of Veterans Benefits". This activity consists of the Office of the Administrator and all agency-level staff offices, except the Office of the Assistant Administrator for Construction (which is funded from the "Construction of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities" VA appropriation).

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Requirements of each of the above offices are presented and justified in the following pages.

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