OPERATING EXPENSES

GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

The Committee recommends a total of $112,971,000 for fiscal year 1990 for the various departments, agencies, and activities funded by this appropriation. This is an increase of $3,035,000 from fiscal year 1989 adjusted, 1990 base.

A comparative summary by agency follows:

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Committee recommends $8,213,000 and 172 positions for the Council of the District of Columbia. This is an increase of $146,000 over the fiscal year 1989 allowance.

The Council exercises its legislative responsibilities through 10 standing committees. Proposed legislation is referred to an appropriate committee where all data collection, hearings, analysis and other related activities are conducted.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AUDITOR

The Committee recommends the requested appropriation for fiscal year 1990 of $805,000 and 18 positions. This is $21,000 above and the same number of positions appropriated for fiscal year 1989. This appropriated request will maintain the current level of service. The D.C. Auditor is required to audit the accounts and operations of the D.C. government annually and certify revenue assumptions underlying budgetary and financial actions.

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONS

The amount recommended for fiscal year 1990 is $1,172,000. The commissions have the responsibility for advising the District government on matters of public policy and issues as planning, transportation, social services, health, safety, and sanitation, especially as they relate to their respective neighborhood commission areas. The 37 chartered ANC's, which are made up of 323 single-member districts, serve as a liaison between the District government and the community.

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

The amount recommended for the Office of the Mayor is $1,715,000 and 27 positions, a decrease of $122,000 and 4 positions below the fiscal year 1989 level.

The Mayor, as chief executive officer of the D.C. government, has overall responsibility for the implementation of programs and the administration of District agencies. The Mayor interacts with State, national, and international representatives of both government and private sector businesses.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

The Committee recommends the full budget request of $2,124,000 and 29 positions for fiscal year 1990. This is a decrease of $109,000 and two positions below the fiscal year 1989 budget level.

The Office of the Secretary serves as the administrative and logistical staff support to the Mayor and the immediate executive offices of the Mayor. The Office of the Secretary consists of two main entities, the Secretarial and the Archival and Records Management Unit.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

The sum of $1,472,000 and 27 positions is recommended for the inspector general. This is a decrease of $104,000 below the fiscal year 1989 budget. The Office of the Inspector General is responsible for the prevention and detection of fraud, abuse, waste, and mismanagement in the programs and operations of the D.C. government. The fiscal year 1990 recommendation will maintain the current level of services.

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

The Committee recommends the sum of $508,000 and nine positions for the fiscal year 1990 budget. This amount is a decrease of $121,000 and two positions below the fiscal year 1989 allowance.

The Office of Communications has the responsibility of coordinating and disseminating official information to the news media and the public.

OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

The Committee recommends the full fiscal year 1990 budget request of $2,218,000 and 31 positions for the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. This amount is a decrease of $252,000 and six positions below the fiscal year 1989 budgeted amount.

This office is responsible for controlling, on behalf of the chief executive, all matters relating to legislation both within the Council of the District of Columbia and the Congress of the United States, and for liaison with the White House, Federal agencies, and with governments in the metropolitan area.

OFFICE OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR/DEPUTY MAYOR FOR OPERATIONS

The sum of $1,438,000 and 28 positions are recommended for the fiscal year 1990 budget for the City Administrator/Deputy Mayor for Operations. This amount is a decrease of $7,000 below the fiscal year 1989 budget, with no change in positions. This amount will enable the office to maintain the current level of services as provided the previous year and provide for the fiscal year 1990 pay adjustment.

The City Administrator/Deputy Mayor for Operations is the primary official designated to exercise the powers and duties of the Mayor during the Mayor's absence. She is also responsible for overseeing the operations and programs of the major operating departments.

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

The Committee recommends the requested budget of $15,581,000 and 387 positions. This amount is a decrease of $968,000 and 31 positions below the fiscal year 1989 budget.

The Office of Personnel is responsible for a personnel system which recruits, develops, and retains an efficient, qualified work force necessary to carry out public policy within the parameters and requirements of applicable laws, statutes, and published policies.

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

The Committee recommends $28,631,000 and 448 positions for fiscal year 1990. This is a decrease of $2,920,000 and 45 positions from the fiscal year 1989 allowance.

The Department of Administrative Services is responsible for providing support services to District operating agencies.

The recommendation includes $700,000, which the Committee understands, would be used to provide security services to the District

Courthouse. The Committee has recommended $1,500,000 elsewhere in the bill to allow the courts to contract with the U.S. Marshals Service for increased security services. This action means that this amount is not needed by the Department of Administrative Services for this purpose. The Committee directs that before this amount is applied to any purpose that a reprogramming be submitted to the Mayor, the Council, and the Congress for approval prior to the redirection of these funds to another purpose. The Committee further directs that the Department of Administrative Services take no action to reduce the level of security services or number of personnel assigned to the D.C. Courthouse prior to written official notification from the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration that other security arrangements have been made and the date they will be effective.

CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD

A total of $445,000 and seven positions for fiscal year 1990 are included in the bill for the Board.

The Contract Appeals Board hears, reviews, and decides upon all protests and appeals from the actions by contracting officers throughout the District government.

OFFICE OF DEPUTY MAYOR FOR FINANCE

The sum of $184,000 and three positions is recommended for the Deputy Mayor for Finance Office. This amount is $1,000 and two positions below the fiscal year 1989 budget.

A primary mission of the Deputy Mayor for Finance is to maintain a coordinated financial management system to budget, collect, provide expenditure control and properly account for the sources and uses of District funds annually.

OFFICE OF THE BUDGET

The sum of $1,980,000 and 47 positions is recommended for the fiscal year 1990 budget. This amount is $104,000 and four positions below the fiscal year 1989 budget and the same as the House.

The Office is responsible for development and administration of the District of Columbia operating and capital budgets.

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

A total of $16,903,000 and 282 positions is recommended for the Office of Financial Management for fiscal year 1990. This is a decrease of $600,000 and 15 positions below the allowance for fiscal year 1989.

This Office is responsible for operating the central accounting office; operating, maintaining and improving the financial management system; administering the centralized pay and retirement system; operating the Districtwide computer center; administering the Treasury Management Program; developing, implementing and monitoring accounting policies and systems applicable to District agencies.