ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES
Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program
 
 
 
Vol. 18, no. 04 GP 3.16/3-2:18/04       February 28, 1997
 
 
 
 MICHAEL F. DIMARIO
PUBLIC PRINTER
 
PREPARED STATEMENT BEFORE THE 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
APPROPRIATIONS ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
 
February 11, 1997

SALARIES AND EXPENSES APPROPRIATION
 
        Our request of $30.5 million for the Salaries and Expenses
Appropriation of the Superintendent of Documents is an increase of $1.4
million, or 4.8 percent, over the amount approved for FY 1997.  The
increase is primarily due to price level increases and pay raises and
related costs.  Of the total request, $25.9 million, or 85 percent, is for
the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP); $3.6 million, or 12
percent, is for the Cataloging and Indexing Program; $555,000, or 2
percent, is for International Exchange; and $486,000, or 1 percent, is for
distribution of publications to recipients required by law.
 
Estimated Requirements and Workload
 
        Price level changes and cost increases due to pay raises and
related expenses represent $858,000, or about 62 percent, of the requested
increase of $1.4 million.  The majority of this amount, $631,000, is for
price level changes calculated at the assumed rate of inflation for the
year (2.7 percent).  The remaining $526,000, or 38 percent, of the
requested increase is for program changes related to workload, including
improvements to GPO Access in order to continue the transition of the FDLP
to an electronic basis.  We are projecting a decreased number of paper
copies distributed to depositories, staffing reductions due to increased
efficiencies, and other program cost reductions.