Fiscal Year 2001 Federal Program--Initial Project Funding Allocations

In Reply Refer To:
ACH/Program Operations
Mail Stop 441

                                    MEMORANDUM  


                                                  September 11, 2000

To:             Thrust Program Coordinators
                Senior Administrative Officers
                Headquarters Budget Analysts
 
From:           Catherine L. Hill   /signed/
                Associate Chief Hydrologist for Operations

Subject:        Fiscal Year 2001 Federal Program--Initial Project Funding 
Allocations

RESPONSE REQUESTED BY COB OCTOBER 3, 2000

In keeping with the Chief Hydrologist's desire to allocate Federal funds 
to the field as soon as possible, we intend to be ready to make initial 
allocations the first week in October, pending receipt of the fiscal year 
(FY) 2001 appropriation.  We recognize that you have provided preliminary 
allocation information for the Bureau Operating Plans (BOP), but this 
information is intended for high-level analysis by bureau executives and, 
in most cases, is not specific enough to make actual allocations to 
projects.  If the information you provided for the BOP allocates to the 
project level, that information may be used for this exercise also.  If 
not, we will need those allocations taken down to the project level. 
Because of the recent reorganization of administrative staff, the process 
of making the actual allocations to projects has not been completely 
worked out, as yet.  But by having the information requested in this 
memorandum, we will be poised to make our allocations in a timely manner 
regardless of the final process.
 
The attached table summarizes the FY 2001 Federal Program budget line 
items based on the Senate mark and the breakdown within Hydrologic 
Networks and Analysis (HNA). We plan to enter into FY 2001 with a 10.5 
percent WOTSC, but many uncertainties related to shortfalls in facilities 
and science support remain to be settled.  Thus, we feel it is prudent to 
hold back uncontrollables in your line items as a hedge against this 
uncertainty.  They will be allocated at a later date.
 
Please use the attached table when submitting initial FY 2001 funding 
allocations at the project level to Cassie Pufnock by October 3, 2000, for 
the major line items or thrust programs, with the exception of CBR, which 
will be handled separately.  

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Catherine L. Hill
Associate Chief Hydrologist 
for Program Operations       clhill@usgs.gov
441 National Center         703-648-5031 
(Phone)
U.S. Geological Survey     703-648-5295 (Fax)
Reston, Va    20192 
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