Information Security Oversight Office
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408
April 30, 1996
The Honorable Jim Lightfoot
Chairman
Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
B-307 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
As requested in House Report 104-183, please find enclosed at Tab A a table listing by agency the total Federal Government security classification cost estimates for FY 1995 and FY 1996. The total for each agency includes costs associated with the following six categories of classification related activities: (1) Personnel Security; (2) Information Security; (3) Professional Education, Training and Awareness; (4) Physical Security; (5) Security Management, Oversight and Planning; and (6) Unique Items.
At Tab B we enclose a copy of the Office of Management and Budget memorandum dated December 29, 1995, that directed departments and agencies to provide cost estimates associated with classifying and safeguarding classified information based upon instructions included with the memorandum. Of particular note, the instructions tell the agencies to report any cost for which 51% or more of a resource is used for classification related activities. Some agencies with very small security classification programs elected to report costs even though this threshold was not met.
In order that we could provide a timely, unclassified report, please note that the table at Tab A does not include the data for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). We continue to work with the CIA in order to provide you with a copy of its classified report. Also, we have not yet received the report of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Therefore, its costs, which should be relatively small, are not included in the table. We will provide you a revised copy of the table if and when we receive the ONDCP report.
Also, despite our best efforts, we have not yet received the report of cost estimates from industry (contractor costs), which are clearly most significant. We are advised that we will be receiving them shortly. We will provide these data as soon as they are available to us.
The cost data estimates in this report differ from the cost estimates reported to the Subcommittee for FY 1994 in one major respect. The Department of Defense estimate reported herein incorporates the National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), which includes such significant entities as the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Central Imagery Office. The FY 1994 submission of the Department of Defense did not incorporate the NFIP estimates. These estimates, plus the cost estimates of the CIA, were provided separately through the Intelligence Committees.
Several agencies provided explanatory information concerning their cost estimates in their individual reports. At your request, we will be happy to provide the Subcommittee with the individual report of each agency listed on the table.
Sincerely,
Steven Garfinkel
Director
Enclosures
Agency/Department Security Security Classification Classification Costs for FY 1995 Costs for FY 1996Total $2,705,938,957 $2,741,987,125
Dept of Agriculture $1,153,000 $1,140,200
Dept of Commerce $10,376,469 $10,187,291
Dept of Defense $2,478,031,000 $2,526,091,000
Dept of Energy $105,590,000 $98,474,000
Dept of Health and Human Services $140,600 $245,600
Dept of Justice $29,262,888 $27,756,564
Dept of Labor $13,000 $105,000
Dept of State $33,726,000 $30,157,000
Dept of the Interior $2,129,700 $2,535,000
Dept of the Treasury $11,731,000 $12,377,000
Dept of Transportation $4,964,000 $3,629,000
Dept of Veterans Affairs $10,550 $8,570
Environmental Protection Agency $431,000 $553,000
Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration $125,000 $138,000
Export-Import Bank $128,000 $65,000
Federal Communications Commission $156,000 $53,000
Federal Emergency Management Agency $324,000 $281,000
Federal Reserve Board $305,000 $327,000
General Services Administration $1,178,000 $1,005,000
Marine Mammal Commission $1,000 $1,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration $8,824,200 $8,760,500
National Archives and Records Administration $7,433,000 $9,520,000
National Science Foundation $61,000 $74,000
National Security Council $133,000 $136,000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission $2,567,750 $2,756,800
Office of Management and Budget $1,522,000 $88,000
Overseas Private Investment Corporation $41,300 $42,600
US Agency for International Development $1,678,000 $1,691,000
US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency $2,051,000 $1,963,000
US Information Agency $1,171,000 $1,228,000
US Peace Corps $157,500 $148,000
US Trade Representative $523,000 $450,000
Total $2,705,938,957 $2,741,987,125