November
6, 1998
The Speaker
of the
House of
Representatives
Sir:
In accordance
with provisions of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, I hereby
request the following transfers from the Information Technology
Systems and Related Expenses account:
Department
of Education
Department
of Energy
-
Atomic
Energy Defense Activities, Defense Environmental Restoration
and Waste Management: $10,340,000
-
Atomic
Energy Defense Activities, Defense Facilities Closure
Projects: $3,500,000
-
Departmental
Administration, Departmental Administration: $10,000,000
Department
of Health and Human Services
Department
of the Interior
Department
of Justice
-
General
Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $120,000
-
General
Administration, Office of Inspector General: $2,835,000
-
United
States Parole Commission, Salaries and Expenses: $20,000
-
Legal
Activities and U.S. Marshals, Salaries and Expenses, General
Legal Activities: $6,389,000
-
Legal
Activities and U.S. Marshals, Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust
Division: $8,000
-
Legal
Activities and U.S. Marshals, Salaries and Expenses, United
States Attorneys: $427,000
-
Legal
Activities and U.S. Marshals, Salaries and Expenses, United
States Marshals Service: $700,000
-
Legal
Activities and U.S. Marshals, United States Trustee System
Fund: $1,003,000
-
Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses: $10,293,000
-
Drug
Enforcement Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $1,967,000
-
Immigration
and Naturalization Service, Salaries and Expenses: $9,268,000
Department
of Labor
-
Employment
and Training Administration, Training and Employment Services:
$791,000
-
Employment
and Training Administration, Program Administration: $1,572,000
Department
of State
Department
of the Treasury
-
Departmental
Offices, Salaries and Expenses: $1,238,000
-
Departmental
Offices, Automation Enhancement: $2,762,000
-
Financial
Management Service, Salaries and Expenses: $6,000,000
-
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Salaries and Expenses:
$5,000,000
Other Defense -- Civil Programs
Executive
Office of the President
-
Office
of Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $12,200,000
-
Office
of the United States Trade Representative, Salaries and
Expenses: $498,000
General
Services Administration
Corporation for National and Community Service
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
United States Holocaust Memorial Council
United States Information Agency
This funding
will support efforts to make Federal information technology
systems Year 2000 compliant and outreach to non-Federal entities
in support of the Year 2000 Conversion Council.
-
I hereby
designate all of the above requests as emergency requirements
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
-
The details
of these actions are set forth in the enclosed letter from the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I concur with
his comments and observations.
Enclosure
Estimate
No.
22
105th Congress, 2nd Session
November
6, 1998
The President
The White House
Submitted for your consideration are requests to transfer $891
million from the contingent emergency fund for Year 2000 (Y2K)
compliance to 18 Federal agencies.
These transfers will support a range of activities to ensure that
important computer systems will operate smoothly through the year
2000 and beyond. Emergency funding would be allocated both for
activities that were included in your FY 1999 Budget but were
not funded in the FY 1999 appropriations process (based on the
assumption that funds would be allocated from this fund), and
for critical Y2K requirements that have been identified since
the FY 1999 Budget was transmitted. Federal agencies would use
this funding for additional remediation for information technology
systems, testing to ensure that systems are Y2K compliant, replacement
of embedded computer chips, creation and verification of continuity
of operations and contingency plans, and outreach to non-Federal
entities by agencies in support of the Year 2000 Conversion Council.
Your FY 1999 Budget anticipated that Y2K requirements would emerge
over the course of the year and included an allowance to provide
flexible funding to address emerging needs. As you requested,
P.L. 105-277, the FY 1999 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, provided contingent emergency funding for
Y2K computer conversion activities -- $1.1 billion for defense-related
activities and $2.25 billion for non-defense activities. The enclosed
requests for transfers are for non-defense agencies; therefore,
the funds would be transferred from the Information Technology
Systems and Related Expenses account established by P.L. 105-277.
OMB continues its oversight of Federal agency progress toward
fixing the Y2K problem. We are working to ensure that Federal
agencies have sufficient FY 1999 resources to address Y2K and
that flexible contingent emergency funding remains available to
address emerging needs. Pursuant to the requirements of Public
Law 105-277, OMB will prepare and submit reports to Congress on
the proposed allocation and plan for each affected agency to achieve
year 2000 compliance for technology information systems before
funds can be released to the agency. The report for agencies represented
in this first release of Y2K contingent emergency funds will be
transmitted to the congressional committees specified in P.L.
105-277 concurrent with this request for release of the funds.
In addition, each agency will provide detailed justification material
to these committees and the relevant appropriations subcommittees.
I recommend that you designate the amounts listed on the enclosure
as emergency requirements in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended. No further congressional action will be required.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied that
they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the heads of
the affected Departments and agencies in recommending that you
make the requested funds available by signing the enclosed letter
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
OMB will continue to monitor agency requirements and will address
additional funding needs as they emerge.
Enclosure
EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATIONS: AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED
MADE AVAILABLE BY THE PRESIDENT
YEAR
2000 (Y2K) CONVERSION
|
Department
of Education |
|
Departmental
Administration, Program Administration |
$1,561,000 |
|
Department
of Energy |
|
Atomic
Energy Defense Activities:
Defense
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management |
$10,340,000 |
Defense
Facilities Closure Projects |
$3,500,000 |
Departmental
Administration, Departmental Administration |
$10,000,000 |
|
Department
of Health and Human Services |
|
Departmental
Management: |
|
Public
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund |
$189,053,000 |
|
Department
of the Interior |
|
Departmental
Management, Working Capital Fund |
$32,900,000 |
|
Department
of Justice |
|
General
Administration: |
|
Salaries
and Expenses |
$120,000 |
Office
of Inspector General |
$2,835,000 |
United
States Parole Commission, Salaries and Expenses |
$20,000 |
Legal
Activities and U.S. Marshals: |
|
Salaries
and Expenses, General Legal Activities |
$6,389,000 |
Salaries
and Expenses, Antitrust Division |
$8,000 |
Salaries
and Expenses, United States Attorneys |
$427,000 |
Salaries
and Expenses, United States Marshals Service |
$700,000 |
United
States Trustee System Fund |
$1,003,000 |
Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses |
$10,293,000 |
Drug
Enforcement Administration, Salaries and Expenses |
$1,967,000 |
Immigration
and Naturalization Service, Salaries and Expenses |
$9,268,000 |
Federal
Prison System, Salaries and Expenses |
$200,000 |
|
Department
of Labor |
|
Employment
and Training Administration: |
|
Training
and Employment Services |
$791,000 |
Program
Administration |
$1,572,000 |
Mine
Safety and Health Administration, Salaries and Expenses |
$1,800,000 |
Departmental
Management, Departmental Management |
$3,087,000 |
|
Department
of State |
|
Administration
of Foreign Affairs, Capital Investment Fund |
$47,890,000 |
|
Department
of the Treasury |
|
Departmental
Offices: |
|
Salaries
and Expenses |
$1,238,000 |
Departmental
Offices, Automation Enhancement |
$2,762,000 |
Financial
Management Service, Salaries and Expenses |
$6,000,000 |
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Salaries and Expenses |
$5,000,000 |
United
States Customs Service, Salaries and Expenses |
$10,200,000 |
Bureau
of the Public Debt, Administering the Public Debt |
$1,000,000 |
Internal
Revenue Service, Information Systems |
$483,000,000 |
United
States Secret Service, Salaries and Expenses |
$3,000,000 |
|
Other
Defense -- Civil Programs |
|
Selective
Service System, Salaries and Expenses |
$250,000 |
|
Executive
Office of the President |
|
Office
of Administration, Salaries and Expenses |
$12,200,000 |
Office
of the United States Trade Representative: |
|
Salaries
and Expenses |
$498,000 |
|
General
Services Administration |
|
General
Activities, Policy and Operations |
$4,800,000 |
|
Corporation
for National and Community Service |
|
Domestic
Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses |
$800,000 |
|
Federal
Communications Commission |
|
Salaries
and Expenses |
$8,516,000 |
|
Federal
Trade Commission |
|
Salaries
and Expenses |
$550,000 |
|
Securities
and Exchange Commissionl |
|
Salaries
and Expenses |
$7,400,000 |
|
United
States Holocaust Memorial Council |
|
Holocaust
Memorial Council |
$680,000 |
|
United
States Information Agency |
|
Technology
Fund |
$7,062,000 |
|
The
funds made available will enable these agencies to address
the Y2K problem by supporting additional remediation for information
technology systems, testing to ensure that systems are indeed
Y2K compliant, replacement of embedded computer chips, creation
and verification of continuity of operations and contingency
plans, and outreach to non-Federal entities by agencies in
support of the Year 2000 Conversion Council. |
November
6, 1998
The Honorable
Ted Stevens
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr.
Chairman:
In accordance
with provisions of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, I am transmitting
a proposed allocation and plan for the following agencies to achieve
Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance for technology information systems:
Department
of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Other Defense -- Civil Programs, Selective Service System
Executive Office of the President -- Office of Administration
Executive Office of the President -- Office of the United States
Trade Representative
General Services Administration
Corporation for National and Community Service
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
United States Holocaust Memorial Council
United States Information Agency
In monitoring
Federal agency progress towards Y2K compliance, OMB directed agencies
to estimate the total FY 1999 resources necessary for Y2K compliance
and related expenses. Now that the FY 1999 appropriations process
has been completed, OMB has worked with the agencies to determine
whether the resource requirements associated with Y2K can be accommodated
within appropriated levels, or whether contingent emergency funds
should be allocated. For the agencies listed above, the allocation
of contingent emergency funds required at this time are displayed
on the enclosed table. In addition, these agencies will provide
detailed justification material for these requirements to the
committees specified in Public Law 105-277, as well as the relevant
appropriations subcommittees, concurrent with the transmittal
of this letter. OMB will continue to monitor agency requirements
and will address additional funding needs as they emerge.
OMB's strategy
to ensure agency Y2K compliance is predicated on agency accountability.
We have systematically monitored agency progress through agency
goals for: compliance of mission critical systems, progress on
the status of mission critical systems, status of mission critical
systems being repaired, and agency Y2K cost estimates.
These performance
measures have proved useful in ensuring agency accountability
without diverting vital resources from Y2K compliance activities
to reporting requirements. Provided with this package is OMB's
most recent Y2K Quarterly Report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees, which includes an assessment of these performance
measures. Our next quarterly report will be forwarded to Congress
in December. In assessing agency progress towards compliance,
OMB has focused on the four measures described above. The report
also details other initiatives -- such as the Year 2000 Information
Disclosure Act -- that are part of the Administration's overall
plan for achieving Y2K compliance.
For most
of the agencies listed in this transmittal, the following constitutes
the agency plan required by Public Law 105-277:
-
the OMB
Quarterly Report, and
-
The justification
materials provided by the agencies concurrent with the transmittal
of this letter.
For several
small, independent agencies included in this transmittal -- Selective
Service System, Corporation for National and Community Service,
Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission,
United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and the United States
Information Agency -- the justification materials provided serves
as the agency plan. OMB has been monitoring the progress of these
small agencies, and will ask them to report back on their status
early next year.
We look forward to working with you to ensure a smooth transition
on January 1, 2000.
Enclosures
Identical Letter
Sent To:
The Honorable
Bob Livingston
The Honorable David R. Obey
The Honorable Ted Stevens
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd
The Honorable Robert F. Bennett
The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd
The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
The Honorable George E. Brown, Jr.
The Honorable Dan Burton
The Honorable Henry A. Waxman
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