Medical Care: of 7303 FTEE. of 196 FTEE. 6,606 FTPA, 579.2 All Other, Trainees 117.8, a total Research: 116 FTPA, 77 All Other, 3 Trainees, a total The reduction for FY 1981 incurred in March 1981 lowered the Medical Care FTPA Category by 60 and the All Other Category by 7. Research received a reduction of 4 FTPA. If currently indicated personnel reduction remain, we can expect this medical district to share in the overall loss of staff. Every consideration of population growth and workload priority will be reflected in the new personnel assignments. Present information shows a potential reduction between 125-165 FTE, distributed between FTPA and All Other. An additional reduction of 4-5 FTEE for Training is expected as is 8-10 FTEE for Research. Question: VA WORKLOADS Please provide for the record a listing, by State, of the number of outpatient visits, average daily census for hospital care, and inpatient and outpatient staff allotments assumed by the Reagan Budget. Answer: The requested information is not yet available. We are currently in the process of developing individual facility workload, employment, and dollar allowances. We expect this process to be completed in the next couple of months. Question: NEW FLORIDA OUTPATIENT CLINIC Last year the Congress directed the VA to move forward in establishing an outpatient clinic for Veterans in Florida. Please advise on the status of this effort and the time schedule for bringing another clinic on line. Answer: We in the Department of Medicine and Surgery have completed a demographic review of the Florida area and have recommended to the Acting Administrator that the clinic be located in Pensacola. We are now involved in developing specific clinic requirements, e.g., staffing and space needs. When approved by the Acting Administrator, necessary steps will be taken to secure a facility. The General Services Administration has delegated the authority for the lease acquisition of this clinic space to the VA. We anticipate this clinic will be operational early in 1983. VA MEDICAL CENTER LAKE CITY, FL Question: The FY 1982 Carter Administration Budget Request included proposed funding for a 120-bed nursing Home Care Unit at the VA Medical Center in Lake City, Florida. Please advise of the status of this funding in the Reagan Budget. Answer: The funding for the new nursing home care unit at VA Medical Center Lake City is included in the Reagan Budget. Question: Last October, the decision was finalized by the Administration to establish a veterans' cemetery in Florida. It is my understanding that site selection is presently underway within the VA. Please advise of the current status in providing Florida with a new cemetery and describe what impact, if any, the proposed budget will have on efforts underway in this regard. Answer: A few weeks ago, we had a group of people down in Florida looking over the proposed areas that the State of Florida would be willing to donate to us for the purpose of establishing a cemetery. The land was found to be suitable for cemetery purposes. We followed up that initial visit with another visit by environmentalists who went there for the sole purpose of scoping a proposed environmental statement that has to be made before any further action can be taken. We are now in the process of hiring a consultant who will prepare the environmental impact statement. We expect this will commence sometime in June of this year. Nothing further can be done until that statement has been completed. Once it is completed, a site selection is made. When the site selection has been made, then we go into the process of developing the master plan for the area, which will take somewhere around nine months to a year. Then it is a matter of developing working drawings and ultimately going into a construction contract for the development of the cemetery. The proposed budget reductions will have no effect on the Florida project as currently available advance planning funds will be utilized. SUBCOMMITTEE RECESS Senator GARN. Thank you. We appreciate your testimony. The subcommittee will stand in recess until Wednesday, April 1, 1981, at 9:30 a.m., to receive testimony from the Federal Emergency Management the the Selective Service System. [Whereupon, at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, the subcommittee was recessed, to reconvene at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 1.] DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1982 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1981 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m. in room S-126, the Capitol, Hon. Jake Garn (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Garn and Hatfield. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM STATEMENT OF BERNARD D. ROSTKER, DIRECTOR ACCOMPANIED BY: ARNOLD B. BRODSKY, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR DAVID COX, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS BUDGET REQUEST Senator GARN. The subcommittee will come to order. On January 23, 1980, the President called for the resumption of draft registration as a revitalization of the Selective Service System. This effort began in 1980 with a catchup registration for 18 and 19 year olds and the start of efforts to upgrade the Selective Service's automated data processing capabilities which includes the establishment of a joint computer center shared by Selective Service and the Military Enlistment Processing Command. Registration and revitalization are continuing in 1981. Catchup registration was held the week of January 5 for men born in 1962; concurrently, continuous registration was started for men as they reach 18 years of age. Men are now required to register within 30 days of their 18th birthday. Approximately 3.4 million men registered during the summer registration period. About 300,000 other registrants were submitted during the final months of 1980. During this winter, an additional 1.8 million 18 year olds registered. This created a total pool of around 5.5 million men. By the end of fiscal year 1981, most of the revitalization of the Selective Service System will be completed and by 1986 your files will reach a steady state of 16 million registrants. For fiscal year 1982, you are requesting $21,174,000, or a decrease of $3,480,000 less than your fiscal year 1981 amended request and an increase of 16 positions. We will be happy to have you go ahead with your testimony. INTRODUCTION OF ASSOCIATES Dr. ROSTKER. Let me introduce David Cox, Associate Director for Management Information Systems. In previous hearings, the committee has been interested in the data processing part. Mr. Brodsky is our financial officer. PREPARED STATEMENT Mr. Chairman, I have a full statement which I would like to place in the record, and if I may give an oral summary. Senator GARN. We will be happy to include your entire statement in the record. [The statement follows:] |