STATEMENT BY THOMAS M. TRACY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS MARCH 9, 1983

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• Publication Date: March 9, 1983
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STATEMENT
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THOMAS M. TRACY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
BEFORE
THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
MARCH 9, 1983
05.3.0594
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Mr. Chairman and Members of- the Contaittee,
I am-pleased to appear before this Subcommittee to explain
the Fiscal-Year 1984 budget requirements of the State
Department's. Bureau of Administration, which provides the-
support system for the.. Department's day-to--day operations.
Bureau encompasses a myriad of administrative-activities
carried out in the Offices of Operations, information Systems,
Foreign Buildings, - Communications,and Security; the
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In Washington, the Information Systems office maintains the
Department's central computer facility and authorizes the.
procurement of word processing equipment. The Office.
Operations provides space management and facility maintenance
services to the Department as well*as?consolidated supply,
procurement, and transportation through a network of U.S.
Despatch Agents. Operations maintains the Central Foreign
Policy File, publishes all official documents and manages
Freedom of Information and Privacy Act requests. The Office
also houses the Department of State library, which is the first
Federal library and forerunner of 'the Rational. Archives.
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Our Language Services Division provides -interpreting and
translation. services to the Department, the White. House,- and
Congress. -Whenever the President travels to non-English
speaking countries, our professional interpreters are
involved.
We are directly involved in the professional and personal
well-being of Foreign Service personnel and their families. In
preparation for overseas assignments,' our Transportation
Division arranges the storage and shipment.of household effects
and implements travel policy and regulations,. The Office of
Overseas Schools' provides assistance to nearly 160
American-sponsored schools in 100 countries where Foreign
Service children are educated. The Allowances Staff
administers allowance rates for all U.S. Government civilian
employees assigned to foreign posts and furnishes information
on allowances and living costs abroad to the private sector.
The Art-in-Embassies Program provides museum-quality fine art
works on loan from U.S. artists for exhibit in our official
residences abroad.
In the work environment overseas, our Office of Information
Systems manages worldwide minicomputer and word .:,rcCessing
programs which are revolutionizing data processing and office
work only a few years after their introduction in the
Department.
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 In addition. Regional Administrative Management Centers in
Paris, Bangkok,.and Mexico City provide payroll, disbursing and
accounting services to the Department and many other federal
agencies. The office of Foreign Buildings is responsible for
the design, construction, and rehabilitation of our embassy
buildings and residential housing complexes. This office is
also actively involved in planning and implementing structural
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changes to enhance security at our high threat pos
These overseas.and domestic programs, along with our
extensive communications and security programs which I will
highlight in more detail,, 'comprise the Bureau of
Administration's diversified activities.
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In the modern world. our bureau's effectiveness is
dependent upon our ability to incorporate technological
innovations into our programs and to make the most prudent,
effective use of finite resources. Our Fiscal Year 1984 budget
requirements consist of clearly-defined resource requests to'
provide secure and functional working environments at our
Foreign Service posts and to upgrade our worldwide
teleconnunications program.
For the Offices of Operations and Infornation Systems, the
Classification/Declassification Center, and the Executive
Office we are requesting a Fiscal Year 1984 budget of
595,422,000. This includes 586 positicns (508 Americans and 78
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Foreign Service Nationals), $16,858,000 fornerican salary
costs and $78,564,000 for -operating expenses, representing a
net increase of $15,758,000 and 9 positions.
major requests-included in this increase are: $7,329,.000
for increased rental payments to the General Services'
Administration, $3,042,000 for the consolidation of State
-Department office space from a number of annexes to the
commercial building in Columbia Plaza, and $1,000,000 to
upgrade our overseas motor vehicleArEleet: in addition, we are'
requesting 8 positions and-$184,000 for new interpreters and"
translators. An amount of $1,472,000 and-1 American position'
are also requested to automate the indexing of the Department's
Central-Foreign Policy File.
In order to expand the Department's information processing
capability, we- plan this year to lease two new mainframe
computers in' the. Information Systems office for which Fie are
requesting an annualization of.$2.5 million in the FY 1984
budget.
For the Office of Communications, which is responsible for
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providing the worldwide telecommunications system for the
Department and for providing communications support to other
foreign affairs agencies, we are requesting a Fiscal.Year 1984
budget of $116,723,000. This includes 552 American positions,
$17,585,000 for salary costs and 599,138,000 for operating
expenses, representing a net increase'of $48,798,000 and 27
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positions. In order to improve the security and reliability of
the worldwide telecommunications syste, we are requesting
funds to provide:
an Alternate Communications Center at a first year
the Network Management and Control Systemat a
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of S2.100,000 to provide centra
testing for communications circuitry; -
Tactical Support Packages, which are transportable-
secure satellite communications terminals for
cost of 53,000,000 to establish an alternate to the--
Department's.major Washington central communications
center located. in the main State Department building;
emergency use during communications crises or stress
situations around the world, at a cost of $4,260,000;
the Classified Information Handling System to
provide adequately protected information handling
terminals in substantive offices at nine posts at. a
cost of-51,577,000; and,
acceleration of the lermi al Equipnert Replacement
Program at a level of $2,679,000.
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The special foreign currency request for FY 1984 is
$10,113,000. This includes`$2,850,000 for capital projects-
For FY 1985, we are requesting $264,595,000 for the regular
program and $28,04-51000 for the separate foreign currency
program.
- In order to meet increased demands for- the continued
security'of life.-and property, funds are requested for the
Office of Security and the Special Programs and Liaison Staff.-.
For the Office of Security, whose responsibilities range
from the personal protection of the Secretary of State to the
planning and* implementation of security upgrades at our
high-risk overseas posts, we are requesting a Fiscal Year 1984
budget of $=6,019,000. This includes 431 American positions,
$14,383,000 for salary costs and $31,636,000 for operating
expenses which is an increase of $15,090,000 and 4-positions.
Of that-increase, $8,016,000 is requested for recurring costs
associated with the FY. 1982 Security Supplemental and the
Security Enhancement Program.
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The authorization request for the office of. Foreign
Buildings is $202,889,000 for the regular program and
$10,113,000 for the special foreign currency program in FY 1984
and $264,595,000 for the regular program and $28,045,.000 for
the _ The total FY
special foreign currency program in FY 1985
1984 request of $202,889,000, is an increase of $9,849,.000 over
equest . Of- this amount, $6.4,560,000 is- for the
.the 1983 request.'
gram and $138,329,000 is for operations.
Capital Pro
addition to the. appropriations requested, we anticipate
generating $1,000,000 in proceeds of sale.
The.-major portion of the $64.6 million Capital Program. is
-for .the construction of a housing complex in Riyadti_ mother'
new construction project.is theMSarine Security Guard
residence,,- Commissary and warehouse in Lisbon. Other projects
include the design of the chancery and/or other buildings in:
Dhaka, Sofia, Georgetown and Caracas and Kingston. Also
included in the Capital Program is. $12.7 pillion for costs of
the "Functional Programs" which are essential to safety,
security, and special maintenance of our buildings.
? The $138,329,000 for operations includes a $15 million
? 9F4 capital renewal fun s as the first instal _ :ent
increase in 1..
of a multi-year program to-protect our investment in older
buildings by noderniiing heating,' power and other systems.
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