The annual appropriation items under the Architect of the Capitol are primarily for maintenance and improvement of buildings occupied by the Congress and for heat, light, power and air conditioning, and for general housekeeping services for the Congress. The Architect's responsibilities generally are confined to items deemed necessary to render proper service to the Congress and to maintain properly the buildings and equipment of the Legislative Establishment.

The Office of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is generally thought of as the agency responsible for the care, maintenance, cleaning, and operation of the various buildings and facilities supporting the Congress, as well as the structural care and maintenance of the Supreme Court Building and grounds. However, the role of the office has grown to be much broader than that and, as a result, there are many functions and activities that are conducted that are often not thought of as being in the total scope of the office's activities. Very often, even among our internal personnel, the various tasks performed by the office are viewed as activities associated with a particular appropriation, rather than as areas of similar functions irrespective of the appropriation category. From the management standpoint, the result tends to fragment views rather than consolidate them for broad, overall decision making.

As Congressional needs have changed, the AOC's mission has changed to meet the Congressional requirements. Lease management is an example of this type of change. The AOC now leases warehouse space for Congressional storage needs, and will soon be leasing office space for Legislative Branch support office needs in the Postal Square Building and the Judiciary Office Building. The latter project involves an innovative financing mechanism developed and administered by the AOC whereby the project is being constructed without the use of any appropriated funds. Technological and social developments have also led to changes in the Architect's office. For example, the Electronics Engineering Group was created in recent years, with responsibility for the installation and operation of the Community Antenna Television system which carries proceedings of the House and Senate, the Closed Circuit Television system which is part of the security system that is now in place, and the cabling plan for those activities. Other examples of these types of change include the expanded role the Architect is now performing in telecommunications planning, office waste recycling, and the need to respond to terrorism through involvement in sophisticated security systems. Moreover, the AOC is frequently charged with the responsibility for land acquisition for Congressional support agencies, as in the case of the fiscal year 1992 authorization to acquire property for the Library of Congress.

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There are many ways in which to view the mission of the office, but for the purposes of better managing our responsibilities, the organization is now being viewed internally in terms of functions. providing service to the Congress along functional lines. budgetary terms, we have developed a "Function Budget" that presents a clearer picture of the cost of It collects not only the functions and associated costs that are directly appropriated to the Architect, but includes activities that are measure by this office. carried out without appropriated funds, or with funds appropriated to other agencies but managed in some availability of staff resources as well as The Function Budget provides useful insights into the allocation and areas in which management decisions can be more cost The following functional areas have been identified:

effective and productive.

* Construction

* Electronics

* Energy

* Environmental Safety

* Food Services

* Landscape and Horticulture

* Lease Management

* Property Management

* Property Management
* Special Projects
* Staff Functions
* Communications

* Transportation

Care, Maintenance, and Operation

Occupant Services

Central Support

ELECTRONICS

'This function represents the staff and resources allocated for security, fire and life safety, radio-TV infrastructure, within-office telecommunications infrastructure, central computer control system for the operation of the Energy Management and Control System, maintenance of the emitter detection system, speech reinforcement systems and the legislative clocks, and the electronic conveyor systems in the Library of Congress Buildings.

ENERGY

This function represents the staff and resources allocated for the operation of the Capitol Power Plant, the cost of utilities and the energy management systems that have been installed in the Capitol Complex.

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

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CARE, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION

This function represents

operation services provided by the Architect.

and

the staff and resources for the traditional care, maintenance, for this function, although for purposes of separation of functions, the cost of such support staff A great deal of central staff support is utilized

is not allocated to this category.

associated activities, provided by the Architect. This function represents the staff and resources for the custodial services, i.e., cleaning and Also included in this function are various auxiliary services, such as: garage and parking attendant services; health and physical fitness for ice delivery and room set ups. services; furniture and furnishing services; public address system services; and occupant services

SPECIAL PROJECTS

This function represents the occasional special projects that have been undertaken by the office, such as master planning, and furniture and interior studies of certain buildings. At the present time, minimal staff, and dollars are being specifically designated or allocated to the Special Projects function, but it is nevertheless an integral responsibility and activity of the office.

STAFF FUNCTIONS

for overseeing all of the Architect's duties. This function represents the overall central office administrative staff and resources responsible administrative staff This includes top management staff and such management, miscellaneous central staff, and the key as accounting, payroll, personnel, budget, legal, information resources architectural and engineering staff responsible for overseeing all of the specialized functions under those areas.

COMMUNICATIONS

sharing" the Legislative Branch Telecommunications Network, This function represents the resources requested in the budget for developing and "improving by the value of the cost of and wiring networks. telecommunications services, and the value of the existing assets, including phones, switch gear,

TRANSPORTATION

The Architect of the Capitol, acting, by law, under the policy direction of the House Office Building Commission, the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the Joint Committee on the Library, and with direction from the Committees on Appropriations is responsible for the Capitol Complex, and under the policy direction of the Chief Justice of the United States and the Commission for the Judiciary Office Building, with direction from the Committees on Appropriations is responsible for the Supreme Court Building and Judiciary Office Building, all of which have a conservatively estimated value of $3.6 billion. This does not include the value of the 286 acres of property comprising the Capitol Complex, which is estimated at $3.2 billion. In reality, however, these buildings and facilities are priceless when thought of as historic symbols of our democracy. A primary function of management is therefore to continue to improve the office's traditional role, and to responsibly augment our services as new roles develop.

The funds requested for fiscal year 1993, i.e., $207 million, represents less than six percent of the total conservatively estimated asset value, of the buildings and improvements of the Capitol Complex, the Supreme Court Building, and the Judiciary Office Building, excluding the estimated value of the land. of that $207 million, approximately $114 million represents the ongoing annual and cyclical maintenance cost for the Capitol Complex, the Supreme Court Building, and the Judiciary Office Building, or three percent of total asset value.