(a) Includes the Office of Intergovernmental Relations and Support | Staff | Amount ($000) 21 EXPLANATION OF CHANGES SHOWN ON SCHEDULE C1 FOR CENTRAL SUPPORT #======================================================================== 14. Miscellaneous benefit cost increases Includes increases in agency costs for employee health ins., medicare and retirement benefits. B. PRICE LEVEL CHANGES 55 | 39 11. Printing price increases of 4% Printing costs are expected to increase by 4% according to GPO which prints all CBO publications. 12. Administrative contract increase of 3.9% The price increase for administrative services provided by the Library of Congress and the NFC is based on the CBO inflation forecast. 13. ADP commercial timesharing price increases of 3.6% ADP commercial timesharing price increases are expected to average 3.6% based on information provided by major vendors. 14. Microcomputer price increases of 2% This price increase is based on projected increases for software Licenses and selected hardware. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES SHOWN ON SCHEDULE C1 FOR CENTRAL SUPPORT C. PROGRAM TYPE CHANGES |1. Legislation 12. Workload .......... 12a. ADP timesharing for existing systems These funds will support workload changes and enhancements to critical mainframe applications. 12b. ADP systems and data development These funds will be used to purchase data needed to update existing models and data bases, to modify current models, and to | develop models in areas not previously analyzed by CBO. |2c. Increases (decreases) in upgrades to ADP software (13) Changes in the ADP software base due to the variable availability of upgrades. 2d. Miscellaneous program changes (22)| Changes in the printing workload for administrative publications, | 3b. Miscellaneous maintenance increases Equipment maintenance costs are expected to increase as equip ROLE OF CENTRAL SUPPORT The CBO support function is centered in the Office of Intergovernmental Relations (OIGR). This office handles communications with the Congress, state and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, the news media and the public. OIGR is also responsible for all aspects of the publication and distribution of CBO's reports and studies. In addition, OIGR provides all central administrative support services for CBO, including personnel, financial management, ADP, contracting and procurement, library services, facilities management, and coordination with other Congressional support agencies. Staffing of Central Support The FY 1993 request contains no provision for a change in staffing of the division. * Includes employees, whose services are obtained under contract with Note: Columns and rows may not add due to rounding. 25 25 |
