Office of Budget
Budget in Brief
Program Support Center
The Program Support Center (PSC) was created to streamline and minimize duplication of traditional administrative services. The PSC provides services on a competitive, fee-for-service basis to customers throughout HHS, as well as to at least 14 other Executive departments and 20 independent Federal agencies. The activities and services of the PSC are supported through the HHS Service and Supply Fund, a revolving fund. The Fund does not receive appropriated resources, but is funded entirely through charging its customers for their use of services and products. Services are provided in five broad areas: human resources, commissioned corps personnel, financial management, administrative operations, and Federal occupational health. The PSC’s customers include HHS agencies and other Federal agencies and organizations, such as components of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and the U.S. Postal Service.
Human Resources Service
The FY 2004 estimated expenses for the Human Resources Service (HRS) are $52 million, representing level funding from the FY 2003 level. HRS provides a full range of human resources services, including automated personnel and payroll systems support, personnel and payroll processing, staffing and classification, and employee and labor relations.
Commissioned Personnel Service
The FY 2004 estimated expenses are $19 million, which is at the same level as FY 2003 estimated expenses, with minor adjustments for pay and inflationary increases. The Commissioned Personnel Service integrates the development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive program for personnel management, medical support systems, and pay administration for the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps. CPS provides a full range of personnel services and activities to the Department of Health and Human Services and non-HHS agencies that employ the PHS Commissioned Corps officers and to the active-duty, inactive, and retired officers’ populations.
Financial Management Service
The FY 2004 estimated expenses for the Financial Management Service (FMS) are $56 million, an decrease of $1 million below the FY 2003 level. The decrease includes Information Technology (IT) reductions for the PSC’s accounting (-$.6 million), grants payment (-$.5 million), and other administrative cost reductions ($.7 million), as well as increases for the FY 2004 pay raise and other costs (+$.9 million). FMS supports the financial operations of HHS and other departments through the provision of payment management services for Departmental and other Federal grant and program activities; accounting and fiscal services; debt management services; and the review, negotiation and approval of rates, including indirect cost rates, research patient care rates, and fringe benefit rates. The FMS also provides specialized ADP systems development in the area of workforce management.
Administrative Operations Service
The FY 2004 estimated expenses for the Administrative Operations Service (AOS) are $194 million, an increase of $2 million above the FY 2003 level. This increase is for pay and other costs (+$2 million), replenishment of the pharmaceutical supply inventory at the Supply Service Center (+$8 million), and IT reductions for telecommunications improvement (-$4 million), regions (-$2 million), reprographics (-$1 million), and other administrative cost reductions (-$1 million). AOS provides a wide array of administrative management services within the Department, both in headquarters and in the regions, and to customers throughout the Federal Government. The major areas of service are property and materiel management, acquisitions management, and support services ranging from commercial graphics to mail distribution and telecommunications services. The Telecommunications Improvement Project consolidated telephone services under one contract with substantial savings in telephone bills to HHS agencies located in Maryland.
Federal Occupational Health
The FY 2004 estimated expenses for the Federal Occupational Health (FOH) are $138 million, an increase of $9 million above the FY 2003 level. This increase is comprised of $9 million in anticipated increased reimbursements from other Federal agencies. The FOH provides occupational health services, including health, wellness, employee assistance, work/life, safety, environmental and industrial hygiene-related services to more than 160 Federal components across the country. The FOH services are provided through interagency agreements as authorized under the Government Management Reform Act and the Economy Act.
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