that good on the finances. They can't do their job without it, not in this world any more.

Mr. FAZIO. I appreciate your comments. The question we have to work with the committee on is whether or not they can find resources within committee staff to focus on something which is clearly a problem that needs to be expressed. You wouldn't contemplate this request if you didn't think that was possible.

Our job is to determine whether we can agree with you on that. Given the much lower percentage that we are likely to be able to apportion, we would like to be able to continue to dialogue with you about how we get it all done.

Mr. SMITH of Florida. I was asked to become a member of the task force for the Majority and Minority Printers. I can tell you that the staff of the Joint Committee and the chairman do a very good and thorough job and as far as I can see are very interested in making sure that the operation runs very smoothly.

Mr. FAZIO. Thank you very much. We appreciate your testimony today. I have some final questions to submit for the record.

We will have a five-minute recess before we begin with the Library of Congress.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[Questions and responses follow:]

PRINTING OVERSIGHT

Question. You have oversight responsibilities over government printing in general. I want to especially commend your budget letter-which is included in our Part I before us. It is most descriptive, and I recommend its reading to all of the Members. The Joint Committee has initiated several projects that have resulted in improvement and savings. Do you want to highlight some of those for us (perhaps 1 or 2 major ones)?

Response. In 1991, the Joint Committee on Printing, working with Executive Branch Agencies was able to achieve savings or cost avoidance totaling approximately $6.5 million. Similar activities in the Legislative Branch led to savings of $883,000. In addition to these achieved savings, the Joint Committee successfully worked with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees last year to delete a Department of Defense request for an additional $20 million which was planned to acquire additional printing equipment for various DoD printing operations.

JCP staff has prepared examples and lists of activities which lead to the savings just mentioned and I would ask that they be made part of the record.

New initiatives which we plan to implement this year are rechartering the 227 JCP-authorized Executive Branch printing plants, the oversight of Federal Agency duplicating centers, and continuation of work with the Department of Defense to carry out the most cost-effective printing consolidation plan.

OVERSIGHT OF THE PURCHASE OF PRINTING EQUIPMent and RelatED AUTHORIZATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES

For many years, the Joint Committee has promoted the use of new printing and publishing technology by Federal Agencies when it has demonstrated cost savings and other significant benefits to the Government. In Fiscal Year 1991, the Joint Committee was able to effect over $6.4 million in savings of equipment for Executive Branch printing and publishing operations. While we are proud of our achievements in this area, much remains to be done, and the Joint Committee is planning major activities in the immediate future to provide even more efficiencies and cost savings. The following is a summary of those savings.

Department of Agriculture...

Department of the Air Force.

Department of the Army

Fiscal year 1991 savings

$151,126 1,095,678 1,039,763

1. Continued to print a reduced number of Agriculture Yearbooks for 1991-1992. By allocating 300 copies for each Representative, instead of 400 copies, the cost of printing was reduced by $88,000.

2. Printed the Congressional Directory and five House Documents by using automated composition technology (estimated savings of $250,000).

3. Printed the two annual reports of the Architect of the Capitol by use of automated composition (savings of $11,000).

The following cost saving policies remain in effect from previous years:

1. Reuse of Congressional Record data for printing the House and Senate Journals saved approximately $500,000.

2. Implementation of automated composition technology in the Senate Enrolling Office improved the timely delivery of the engrossed and enrolled legislation, and will reduce cost of printing of Senate Engrossments by $7,000.

3. Congressional Record implementation of automated composition technology by the staff of the Senate Daily Digest Office has improved the timely delivery of the publication and will save an estimated $27,000.

4. Congressional Record: portions Morning business are transmitted to GPO via a fiber optic connection, to improve delivery and reduce typesetting costs.

5. Congressional Record: Senate Votes are downloaded by fiber optic cable from the Senate Legis to improve accuracy, timeliness and reduce costs.

6. Congressional Record: a phased-in implementation of the electronic transmission of Senate debates will begin this fiscal year. Electronic files of the corrected transcripts will be transmitted to GPO via fiber optic communications.

QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD

Question. For the record, please recast your budget by counting the costs for additional staff as a workload change.

Response. As requested, attached are Schedules A through D which recast the FY

that good on the finances. They can't do their job without it, not in this world any more.

Mr. FAZIO. I appreciate your comments. The question we have to work with the committee on is whether or not they can find resources within committee staff to focus on something which is clearly a problem that needs to be expressed. You wouldn't contemplate this request if you didn't think that was possible.

Our job is to determine whether we can agree with you on that. Given the much lower percentage that we are likely to be able to apportion, we would like to be able to continue to dialogue with you about how we get it all done.

Mr. SMITH of Florida. I was asked to become a member of the task force for the Majority and Minority Printers. I can tell you that the staff of the Joint Committee and the chairman do a very good and thorough job and as far as I can see are very interested in making sure that the operation runs very smoothly.

Mr. FAZIO. Thank you very much. We appreciate your testimony today. I have some final questions to submit for the record.

We will have a five-minute recess before we begin with the Library of Congress.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[Questions and responses follow:]

PRINTING OVERSIGHT

Question. You have oversight responsibilities over government printing in general. I want to especially commend your budget letter-which is included in our Part I before us. It is most descriptive, and I recommend its reading to all of the Members. The Joint Committee has initiated several projects that have resulted in improvement and savings. Do you want to highlight some of those for us (perhaps 1 or 2 major ones)?

Response. In 1991, the Joint Committee on Printing, working with Executive Branch Agencies was able to achieve savings or cost avoidance totaling approximately $6.5 million. Similar activities in the Legislative Branch led to savings of $883,000. In addition to these achieved savings, the Joint Committee successfully worked with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees last year to delete a Department of Defense request for an additional $20 million which was planned to acquire additional printing equipment for various DoD printing operations.

JCP staff has prepared examples and lists of activities which lead to the savings just mentioned and I would ask that they be made part of the record.

New initiatives which we plan to implement this year are rechartering the 227 JCP-authorized Executive Branch printing plants, the oversight of Federal Agency duplicating centers, and continuation of work with the Department of Defense to carry out the most cost-effective printing consolidation plan.

OVERSIGHT OF THE Purchase of Printing Equipment and RelatED AUTHORIZATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES

For many years, the Joint Committee has promoted the use of new printing and publishing technology by Federal Agencies when it has demonstrated cost savings and other significant benefits to the Government. In Fiscal Year 1991, the Joint Committee was able to effect over $6.4 million in savings of equipment for Executive Branch printing and publishing operations. While we are proud of our achievements in this area, much remains to be done, and the Joint Committee is planning major activities in the immediate future to provide even more efficiencies and cost savings. The following is a summary of those savings.

Department of Agriculture......

Department of the Air Force

Department of the Army

Fiscal year 1991 savings $151,126 1,095,678

1,039,763

1. Continued to print a reduced number of Agriculture Yearbooks for 1991-1992. By allocating 300 copies for each Representative, instead of 400 copies, the cost of printing was reduced by $88,000.

2. Printed the Congressional Directory and five House Documents by using automated composition technology (estimated savings of $250,000).

3. Printed the two annual reports of the Architect of the Capitol by use of automated composition (savings of $11,000).

The following cost saving policies remain in effect from previous years:

1. Reuse of Congressional Record data for printing the House and Senate Journals saved approximately $500,000.

2. Implementation of automated composition technology in the Senate Enrolling Office improved the timely delivery of the engrossed and enrolled legislation, and will reduce cost of printing of Senate Engrossments by $7,000.

3. Congressional Record implementation of automated composition technology by the staff of the Senate Daily Digest Office has improved the timely delivery of the publication and will save an estimated $27,000.

4. Congressional Record: portions Morning business are transmitted to GPO via a fiber optic connection, to improve delivery and reduce typesetting costs.

5. Congressional Record: Senate Votes are downloaded by fiber optic cable from the Senate Legis to improve accuracy, timeliness and reduce costs.

6. Congressional Record: a phased-in implementation of the electronic transmission of Senate debates will begin this fiscal year. Electronic files of the corrected transcripts will be transmitted to GPO via fiber optic communications.

QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD

Question. For the record, please recast your budget by counting the costs for additional staff as a workload change.

Response. As requested, attached are Schedules A through D which recast the FY