Departmental Offices - S & E

FY 2016

President’s Budget

February 2, 2015
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Table of Contents

Section 1 – Purpose ....................................................................................................................... 3

1A – Mission Statement.............................................................................................................. 3

1.1 – Appropriations Detail Table .............................................................................................. 3

1B – Vision, Priorities and Context............................................................................................ 3

Section 2 – Budget Adjustments and Appropriation Language............................................... 9

2.1 – Budget Adjustments Table................................................................................................. 9

2A – Budget Increases and Decreases Description..................................................................... 9

2.2 – Operating Levels Table.................................................................................................... 15

2B – Appropriations Language and Explanation of Changes................................................... 16

2C – Legislative Proposals........................................................................................................ 17

2D – Mandatory Program Proposals......................................................................................... 17

Section 3 – Budget and Performance Plan ............................................................................... 18

3A – Executive Direction.......................................................................................................... 18

3.1.1 – Executive Direction Budget Activity Budget and Performance Plan........................... 18

3B – International Affairs and Economic Policy...................................................................... 18

3.1.2 – International Affairs and Economic Policy Budget and Performance Plan.................. 22

3C – Domestic Finance and Tax Policy.................................................................................... 22

3.1.3 – Domestic Finance and Tax Policy Budget Activity Budget and Performance Plan..... 26

3D – Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ............................................................................... 26

3.1.4 – Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Budget Activity Budget and Performance Plan 28

3E – Treasury-wide Management and Programs...................................................................... 28

3.1.5 – Treasury-wide Management and Programs Budget Activity Budget and Performance 

Plan ........................................................................................................................................... 31

Section 4 – Supplemental Information...................................................................................... 32

4A – Summary of Capital Investments..................................................................................... 32
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Section 1 – Purpose

1A – Mission Statement

Maintain a strong economy and create economic and job opportunities by promoting conditions 

that enable economic growth and stability at home and abroad; strengthen national security by 

combating threats and protecting the integrity of the financial system; and manage the U.S. 

Government’s finances and resources effectively.

1.1 – Appropriations Detail Table

Dollars in Thousands

Departmental Offices - S & E FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2015 to FY 2016

Appropriated Resources Enacted Enacted Request 2/ $ Change % Change

 FTE AMOUNT FTE AMOUNT FTE AMOUNT FTE AMOUNT FTE AMOUNT

New Appropriated Resources:

DO S&E

Executive Direction 148 36,738 147 36,002 152 37,899 5 1,897 3.40% 5.27%

International Affairs and Economic 

Policy 232 56,113 228 56,266 236 58,706 8 2,440 3.51% 4.34%

Domestic Finance and Tax Policy 255 80,956 266 78,589 302 75,948 36 (2,641) 13.53% -3.36%

Treasury-wide Management and 

Programs 123 36,593 140 39,143 187 49,675 47 10,532 33.57% 26.91%

Terrorism and Financial Intelligence 413 102,000 0 0 435 109,609 435 109,609 NA NA

TFI

Terrorism and Financial Intelligence 1/ 0 0 377 112,500 0 0 (377) (112,500) -100.00% -100.00%

Subtotal New Appropriated Resources 1,171 $312,400 1,158 $322,500 1,312 $331,837 154 $9,337 13.30% 2.90%

Other Resources:

DO S&E Reimbursables 1/ 132 69,502 184 130,032 163 121,474 (21) (8,558) -11.41% -6.58%

TFI Reimbursables 0 0 39 18,442 0 0 (39) (18,442) -100.00% -100.00%

Subtotal Other Resources 132 $69,502 223 $148,474 163 $121,474 (60) ($27,000) -26.91% -18.19%

Total Budgetary Resources 3/ 1,303 $381,902 1,381 $470,974 1,475 $453,311 94 ($17,663) 6.81% -3.75%

1/ In FY 2015, the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) was funded through a separate appropriation of $112.5 

million, which includes $27 million for administrative support. To support the financing of TFI's administrative program, the 

Departmental Offices Salaries & Expenses (S&E) Reimbursable program of $130.032 million was increased by $27 million. 

2/ The FY 2016 Budget includes TFI activities in the DO S&E appropriation, where it has been each year except FY 2015.

3/ The Budget also proposes to transfer $7 million from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund for DO’s administration and 

oversight responsibilities for this program. This funding is not included above.

1B – Vision, Priorities and Context

Departmental Offices (DO) is the headquarters bureau for the Department of the Treasury. It 

provides leadership in economic and financial policy, financial intelligence and enforcement, and 

general management. Treasury utilizes effective management, policies, and leadership to protect 

our national security through targeted financial actions, to promote the stability of the nation's 

financial markets, and to ensure the Government's ability to collect revenue and fund its 

operations. 
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FY 2014 Key Accomplishments, FY 2015 and FY 2016 Priorities:

The Department’s strategic plan for FY 2014-2017 guides program and budget decisions for the 

Departmental Offices (DO). The FY 2016 Budget request supports DO’s leading role in 

accomplishing the Treasury strategic goals:

• Promote domestic economic growth and stability while continuing reforms of the financial 

system;

• Enhance U.S. competitiveness and job creation, and promote international financial stability 

and more balanced global growth;

• Fairly and effectively reform and modernize Federal financial management, accounting, and 

tax systems;

• Safeguard the financial system and use financial measures to counter national security 

threats; and

• Create a 21st-century approach to government by improving efficiency, effectiveness and 

customer interaction.

The Departmental Offices has several priorities for FY 2016 which impact the Department 

and Federal Government as a whole. These priorities include: 

International Monetary Fund Reform

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is responsible for promoting the stability of the 

international monetary and financial system. The United States was instrumental in creating the 

IMF and remains its largest shareholder. As the only country with veto power over major IMF 

decisions, the U.S. uses its influence to shape the IMF’s activities in ways that enhance our 

economic and national security interests. In 2010, G-20 leaders and the IMF membership 

decided on a set of quota and governance reforms designed to strengthen the IMF’s critical role 

within the international system. The 2010 reforms are an important step in modernizing IMF 

governance to better reflect countries' economic weights in the global economy, while preserving 

U.S. leadership and veto power. All other major countries, including those in the G-20, have 

acted to ratify the 2010 quota and governance reforms. Treasury cannot provide consent to the 

2010 reforms in the IMF until Congress passes the Administration’s legislative proposal. U.S. 

consent is the only remaining hurdle before these important reforms can take effect. 

Implementation of the 2010 reforms serve to maintain U.S. influence in the IMF and facilitate 

our ability to shape the global norms and rules that protect U.S. interests. 

Foreign Sanctions Implementation 

The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) implements sanctions via Executive 

Order and legislation. These sanctions serve as both comprehensive and selective tools to 

accomplish U.S. foreign policy and national security goals by blocking assets or imposing 

financial and trade restrictions.

In FY 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added approximately 550 new 

Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) listings under its sanctions authorities in its efforts against 

weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators, terrorists, narcotics traffickers, transnational 

organized crime, persons contributing to regional violence in Africa, persons involved in the 

destabilization of Ukraine, individuals using technology to abuse human rights in Iran and Syria, 

foreign sanctions evaders, parties which were threatening the peace and stability of Burma, 

Libya, and Somalia, and those who support these entities. In FY 2014, TFI continued a sustained 
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sanctions campaign blocking property of Iran, its agents, and front companies, as well as 

restricting activity with Iranian financial and petroleum/petrochemical companies, in response to 

Iran’s continued defiance of various United Nations Security Council resolutions. As a result, 

banks around the world have continued cutting off Iran from the international financial sector; 

this isolation has played an essential role in bringing Iran to the negotiating table with the 

international community. OFAC has continued to enforce sanctions against Iran as the 

negotiations continue. On November 24, 2013, the U.S. and its partners in the P5 + 1 (China, 

France, Germany, Russia, the UK, and the United States) reached an initial understanding with 

Iran, outlined in a Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), that implemented temporary sanctions relief 

relating to certain activities and associated services with the stated goal of halting progress on 

Iran’s nuclear program and rolling it back in key respects. Since the JPOA was signed, OFAC 

has sanctioned 83 individuals and entities under various Iran-related authorities, including 

sanctions evasion, human rights abuses, supporting terrorism, and/or WMD proliferation.

In FY 2014, OFAC removed 405 names from its SDN list, including 308 names related to the 

now-defunct Cali Cartel. This once powerful cartel’s financial empire collapsed under the 

weight of OFAC’s counter narcotics sanctions and other law enforcement efforts.

OFAC implemented a major new sanctions regime in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of 

the Crimean region of Ukraine and its continued intervention in internal Ukrainian affairs. This 

sanctions regime consists of new Executive Orders 13660, 13661, 13662, and 13685. These 

authorities collectively make up the “Ukraine-related sanctions.” To date, approximately 120 

individuals and entities have been designated for their involvement in the destabilization of 

Ukraine. In addition, for the first time in its history, OFAC implemented “Sectoral Sanctions” 

against the financial, energy, and the defense and related materiel sectors of the Russian 

economy and has imposed sanctions short of blocking on more than 10 entities across those 

sectors. A force multiplier under this program is the fact that OFAC’s sanctions apply to the 

identified targets as well as to entities owned 50 percent or more by the identified targets, 

increasing the number of affected entities by several fold. These sanctions have been 

implemented in close coordination with the United States’ European allies. OFAC is working 

closely with the private sector to explain these new sectoral sanctions to ensure strong 

compliance and has thus far issued 29 Frequently Asked Questions and responded to hundreds of 

inquiries from financial institutions and other corporate entities.

OFAC maintains an ongoing commitment of the United States to hold North Korea accountable 

for its destabilizing, destructive, and repressive actions, particularly its efforts to undermine U.S. 

cyber-security and intimidate U.S. businesses and artists exercising their right of freedom of 

speech. On January 2, 2015, the President signed Executive Order 13687 authorizing the 

imposition of sanctions against the Government of North Korea and the Workers’ Party of 

Korea, including its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities. With the authorization of 

E.O. 13687, OFAC simultaneously designated three entities and ten individuals for being 

controlled entities and officials of the Government of North Korea in an effort to support United 

States efforts to curb and diminish the cyber threat to U.S. national security, foreign policy and 

economic stability. 
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In addition to these efforts, OFAC continues its administration of over 35 different sanctions 

programs, including newer sanctions regimes related to South Sudan and the Central African 

Republic.

In FY 2015 and FY 2016, OFAC will continue to vigorously implement and enforce these 

programs and work to address the Administration’s priorities on cybersecurity, atrocities 

prevention, and any emerging issues.

Strategy to Address the Threat of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The FY 2016 request supports Treasury’s role in leading the U.S. effort to undermine the Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) finances as part of the comprehensive U.S. strategy to 

disrupt, degrade, and ultimately defeat the terrorist group. Representative of the comprehensive 

approach to counter ISIL, Treasury is working closely with the State Department, the 

Department of Defense, domestic and foreign law enforcement, the intelligence community, and 

the international community to disrupt ISIL’s revenue streams; to restrict ISIL’s access to the 

international financial system; and impose sanctions on ISIL’s senior leadership and financial 

facilitators to disrupt its ability to operate. 

Insider Threat

The FY 2016 request maintains the funding investment of $4,540,000, which includes the

transfer from the Director of National Intelligence to TFI to enhance the data network

capabilities of the Insider Threat Program. The program provides TFI the capacity to deter,

detect, and mitigate insider threats by leveraging counterintelligence, security, information 

assurance, and other relevant functions and resources to identify and counter the insider threat.

Affordable Care Act Implementation

In FY 2014, the Office of Tax Policy continued to support the implementation of the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 

2010 (ACA). With most of the provisions of the ACA in effect, the office released guidance 

dealing with outstanding issues for several major provisions not yet in effect and final guidance 

for provisions such as information reporting and premium tax credits.

RESTORE Act Implementation

The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of 

the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act, P.L. 112-141, subtitle F, 1601 et seq.) gave 

Treasury various administrative and oversight responsibilities for the trust fund related to the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Included among these 

responsibilities are several tasks to be carried out by DO, such as administering the civil and 

administrative penalties arising from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill; oversight and monitoring 

of fund expenditures; development of procedures to do such oversight; administration of the 

Direct Component and Centers of Excellence grant programs which will support the 

environmental and economic restoration of the Gulf Coast region; and provision of independent, 

supplementary oversight for the states’ use of funds under the other components of the law, 

including the Comprehensive Plan Component and the Spill Impact Component. The Bureau of 

the Fiscal Service and the Treasury Inspector General have additional responsibilities under the 

Act. 
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The FY 2015 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-235) provided $9.5 million in two year 

funding to DO to begin carrying out the administrative and oversight functions associated with 

the RESTORE Act. The FY 2016 Budget proposes $7 million transferred from the Gulf Coast 

Restoration Trust Fund for DO’s responsibilities. 

Dodd-Frank Act Implementation

In FY 2014, the Office of Domestic Finance (DF) continued to implement the Dodd-Frank Act, 

including finalizing rules that Treasury was responsible for issuing and coordinating, assessing 

the impact of new rules on financial markets and institutions, and monitoring potential threats to 

the financial system. DF also issued several reports required by the Dodd-Frank Act. With the 

Office of International Affairs, DF will continue to coordinate these reforms with international 

counterparts, both bilaterally and through multilateral venues like the Financial Stability Board 

and the G-20. 

Comprehensive Tax and Fiscal Compliance

The Office of Tax Policy works with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in support of Treasury’s 

priority goal to “Increase Voluntary Tax Compliance” by promulgating regulations and 

proposing legislation that seeks to streamline and modernize rules, procedures, and statutes. In 

addition to issuing regulatory guidance, the office negotiates comprehensive bilateral tax treaties 

with significant trading partners of the United States to avoid double taxation and prevent tax 

evasion. The office also negotiates tax information exchange agreements that allow the IRS to 

improve compliance by exchanging tax information with revenue authorities of other countries. 

With respect to tax reform, the office develops legislative proposals and advocates for tax reform 

consistent with Administration priorities. 

The FY 2016 President’s Budget requests additional resources to upgrade the existing tax 

computing platform for complex, large databases. The FY 2016 Budget also requests resources 

to support international tax issues handled by the Office of Tax Policy. Since 2010, the

expansion has been significant due to enactment of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in 

2010, as well as increased efforts by the G-20, Organization for Economic Cooperation and 

Development, and United Nations to set international tax standards and focus on business tax 

reform.

Cybersecurity

With the FY 2016 President’s Budget, DO will continue to improve its Continuous Diagnostics 

and Monitoring program, including security controls testing, monitoring of system security to 

include detection of and response to unauthorized user or anomalous network activity, as well as 

the secure implementation of identity and credential access management on DO’s collateral 

classified network. The network serves a significant purpose for its users and the mission of 

DO. These improvements will increase the Department’s ability to continuously monitor the 

network and detect and remediate security vulnerabilities, thereby reducing the risk of security 

incidents. Additionally, the project will help find the source and location of security incidents 

and respond more timely when security events arise. The Department will also continue to roll 

out wireless intrusion prevention in DO buildings and areas that are currently unmonitored.
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Digital Services

The success rate of government digital services is improved when agencies leverage digital 

service experts with modern design, software engineering, and product management skills. To 

ensure the agency can effectively build and deliver important digital services, the FY 2016 

Budget includes funding for staffing a Treasury Digital Service Team that will focus on 

transforming Treasury’s digital services. Treasury will prioritize services with the greatest 

impact to citizens and businesses, so they are more cost-effective to build and maintain as well as 

easier to use.
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Section 2 – Budget Adjustments and Appropriation Language

2.1 – Budget Adjustments Table

Dollars in Thousands

Departmental Offices - S & E FTE Amount

FY 2015 Enacted 1,158 $322,500

DO S&E 781 $210,000

TFI 1/ 377 $112,500

Changes to Base:

Adjustment To Request (14) ($13,522)

Fund RESTORE Act Administrative Expenses from Trust Fund (14) ($9,500)

Sanctions-related workload, TFI contract support, and secure space 

requirements - ($4,022)

Maintaining Current Levels (MCLs): - $5,251

FERS Contribution Increase - $670

Pay-Raise - $1,868

Pay Annualization - $478

Non-Pay - $2,235

Non-Recurring Costs: - ($3,255)

ARRA 1603/NREL Contract - ($800)

Government Security Operations Center - ($2,200)

DO Local Area Network Enhancements - ($255)

Efficiency Savings: (2) ($395)

TFI FOIA Contract Consolidation - ($221)

Management Savings (2) ($174)

Other Adjustments:

Technical FTE Adjustment 103 -

Subtotal Changes to Base 87 ($11,921)

Total FY 2016 Base 1,245 $310,579

Program Changes:

Reinvestments: 4 $700

International Affairs G20 Financial Stability Board Staff 4 $700

Program Increases: 63 $20,558

Digital Service Team 41 $10,000

Financial Innovation Lab 1 $2,000

International Financial Regulatory Reform 2 $400

Multiemployer Pension Reform 6 $3,000

Office of the General Counsel Staffing 4 $955

Office of Tax Policy Staffing 7 $2,409

Embassy Security Improvements - $744

DO Cybersecurity Enhancements 2 $1,050

Total FY 2016 Request 2/ 3/ 1,312 $331,837

1/ In FY 2015, the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) was funded through a separate appropriation of $112.5 

million, which includes $27 million for administrative support. To support the financing of TFI's administrative program, the 

Departmental Offices Salaries & Expenses (S&E) Reimbursable program of $130.032 million was increased by $27 million. 

2/ The FY 2016 Budget includes TFI activities in the DO S&E appropriation, where it has been each year except FY 2015.

3/ The Budget also proposes to transfer $7 million from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund for DO’s administration and 

oversight responsibilities for this program. This funding is not included above.

2A – Budget Increases and Decreases Description

Adjustment to Request ...........................................................................-$13,522,000 / -14 FTE

Fund RESTORE Act Administrative Expenses from Trust Fund -$9,500,000 / -14 FTE 

Treasury proposes legislative language in FY 2016 to allow Treasury to draw $7,000,000 from 

the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund for management of the fund, including administering the 

civil and administrative penalties arising from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, supporting 
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environmental and economic restoration of the Gulf Coast region, and standing up grants, 

compliance, and audit programs.

Sanctions-related workload, TFI contract support, and secure space requirements -$4,022,000 / 

+0 FTE 

Non-recur one-time costs associated with the increase provided in the FY 2015 Consolidated 

Appropriations Act. Reductions of $3,332,000 will be achieved by non-recurring one-time 

sanctions-related contracts in various TFI offices: Office of the Under Secretary; Office of 

Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes; and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. TFI will 

also non-recur $190,000 in contract services that support personnel security. Funding for TFI 

secure space requirements will be reduced by $500,000 to return to the program’s base funding 

level.

Maintaining Current Levels (MCLs) ......................................................+$5,251,000 / +0 FTE

Pay-Raise +$1,868,000 / +0 FTE 

Funds are requested for the proposed January 2016 pay-raise.

Pay Annualization +$478,000 / +0 FTE 

Funds are requested for annualization of the January 2015 pay-raise.

FERS Contribution Increase +$670,000 / +0 FTE 

Funds are requested for increases in agency contributions to the Federal Employee Retirement 

System based on updated actuarial estimates.

Non-Pay +$2,235,000 / +0 FTE 

Funds are requested for inflation adjustments in non-labor costs such as travel, contracts, rent, 

supplies, and equipment.

Non-Recurring Costs .................................................................................-$3,255,000 / +0 FTE

ARRA 1603/NREL Contract -$800,000 / +0 FTE 

The Department of the Treasury received funds as authorized by the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (P.L. 111–5), commonly referred to as the Stimulus or The Recovery 

Act, for an interagency agreement between the National Renewable Energy Research Lab 

(NREL) and Treasury to review applications for the Cash Payments for Specified Energy 

Property in Lieu of Tax Credits (1603 program). The contract that supports the 1603 program is 

winding down in FY 2016.

Government Security Operations Center -$2,200,000 / +0 FTE 

Non-recur $2,200,000 of the FY 2015 appropriation of $3,500,000 for the Government Security 

Operations Center.

DO Local Area Network Enhancements -$255,000 / +0 FTE 

Non-recur $255,000 of the FY 2015 appropriation of $2,600,000 for DO Local Area Network 

Enhancements.
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Efficiency Savings ..........................................................................................-$395,000 / -2 FTE

TFI FOIA Contract Consolidation -$221,000 / +0 FTE 

The Under Secretary’s office proposes efficiency savings of $221,000 through the elimination of 

a contract that supports the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests.

Management Savings -$174,000 / -2 FTE 

Management proposes efficiency savings of $174,000 by re-organizing the DO mailroom and 

reducing equipment purchases.

Other Adjustments ..............................................................................................+$0 / +103 FTE

Technical FTE Adjustment +$0 / +103 FTE 

In order to estimate the FTE levels for the FY 2016 Budget, DO reviewed prior year FTE usage 

relative to previously projected FTE levels. The FY 2016 Budget reflects a +43 FTE technical 

adjustment based on actual execution. In addition, 60 reimbursable FTE, supporting the TFI in 

FY 2015 will be converted to direct FTEs in FY 2016—their mission remains the same, full 

administrative support of the TFI program.

Reinvestments ...............................................................................................+$700,000 / +4 FTE

International Affairs G20 Financial Stability Board Staff +$700,000 / +4 FTE 

The Office of International Affairs will reinvest funds within its base budget to better support 

Treasury’s roles: coordinating international financial regulatory reform; chairing the Committee 

on Foreign Investment in the United States; and analyzing the potential economic and financial 

impacts of proposed sanctions.

Program Increases ................................................................................+$20,558,000 / +63 FTE

Digital Service Team +$10,000,000 / +41 FTE 

The FY 2016 Budget requests resources to develop a Digital Service Team to transform 

Treasury’s digital services. Treasury will prioritize services with the greatest impact to citizens 

and businesses so they are more cost-effective to build and maintain as well as easier to 

use. Treasury’s digital government strategy will be guided by these four principles:

• Enable access to high-quality digital government information and services anywhere, 

anytime, on any device.

• Ensure the safe and secure delivery and use of digital services and protect information and 

privacy.

• Unlock the power of government data to spur innovation and improve the quality of services.

• Procure and manage devices, applications, and data in smart, secure and affordable ways.

The digital service experts on the team will bring the private sector’s best practices in the 

disciplines of design, software engineering, and product management to bear on the agency’s 

most important services. The positions will be term-limited to encourage a continuous influx of 

up-to-date design and technology skills into Treasury. The digital service experts will be 

recruited from America’s leading technology enterprises and startups and will join with 

Treasury’s top technical and policy leaders to deliver meaningful and lasting improvements to 

the services the agency provides to citizens and businesses.
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This Treasury Digital Service Team will build on the success of OMB’s United States Digital 

Service team. Since standing up in FY 2014, this small team has worked in collaboration with 

federal agencies to implement cutting edge digital and technology practices on the nation’s 

highest impact programs, including the Veterans Benefits Management System; online visa 

applications, green card replacements and renewals; and others. In addition to their work on 

these high priority projects, this small team of technology experts has worked to establish best 

practices (as published in the U.S. Digital Services Playbook at playbook.cio.gov) and to recruit 

more highly skilled digital service experts and engineers into government.

Financial Innovation Lab +$2,000,000 / +1 FTE 

The request of $2,000,000 will fund a Treasury Financial Innovation Lab to identify, develop,

and pilot promising strategies to support national priorities in financial services. The Treasury 

Lab is modeled on the Idea Lab at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which 

has successfully brought forward and incubated new ideas from agency staff and external 

innovators. To start, projects may include strategic topics, such as data-driven approaches to help 

consumers access safe and affordable mortgages, refinancing, and foreclosure prevention 

programs; technology-based solutions to streamline annual recertification for student loan 

repayment plans; and the development of a planning blueprint and toolkits for using Pay for 

Success financing at the Federal level. The Lab will cultivate and tap the considerable existing 

staff expertise throughout the Department in this work by providing time, resources, and 

methodological training to develop new tools and approaches. Similarly, it will collaborate with 

a broad range of stakeholders, including federal, state and local agencies and private sector 

partners, to catalyze action and achieve shared goals. Finally, the Lab will bring external talent 

with new skills and ideas into the organization on a temporary basis to solve high-priority, 

complex problems.

International Financial Regulatory Reform +$400,000 / +2 FTE 

The Office of International Affairs (IA) requests two additional international capital markets 

experts to manage derivatives and other capital market issues to help ensure U.S. firms are not at 

a competitive disadvantage when providing financial services or accessing financial markets. 

Without this additional staffing, constraints on resources will impinge on IA’s capacity to protect 

and promote U.S. interests at international financial regulatory forums.

Multiemployer Pension Reform +$3,000,000 / +6 FTE

Departmental Offices requests $3,000,000 to support six positions, contractual support, travel, 

and other administrative expenses for Treasury’s Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) 

responsibilities. The MPRA represents the first time plan trustees have been permitted to make 

substantial cuts to vested benefits (including retirees in pay status) under the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Under the MPRA, Treasury’s largest responsibility 

relates to the “suspension of benefits,” the temporary or permanent reduction of any current or 

future payment obligation of a multiemployer plan in critical and declining status to any 

participant or beneficiary under the plan. In order to suspend benefits, the sponsor of a plan must 

submit an application to the Secretary of the Treasury seeking approval of the proposed 

suspension of benefits. Treasury, in consultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

and the Department of the Labor, must: (1) approve the application upon finding that the plan is 

eligible for suspension and has satisfied certain criteria; (2) publish a notice in the Federal 
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Register within 30 days after receipt of the application soliciting comments on the application, 

which must be posted on Treasury’s website; (3) approve or deny the application for the 

suspension of benefits within 225 days after its submission; and (4) administer a vote of plan 

participants and beneficiaries within 30 days after approving an application.

Office of the General Counsel Staffing +$955,000 / +4 FTE 

The Office of the General Counsel requires four additional attorneys to handle significant 

increased workload in two areas. This workload demand is expected to continue and has 

significantly strained existing resources, requiring the diversion of staff from other important 

work.

• International - One additional attorney is needed to meet critical needs in supporting the 

Department’s international affairs function as demand continues to increase. Specifically, 

IA’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States case load has increased 

significantly in number as well as in complexity of financial transactions and related legal 

issues. In 2009, the office handled 70 cases, in 2012, it had 119, and the office now is at an 

annualized rate of 148 cases a year. As the economy improves, this rate will increase.

• Oversight and litigation - Three additional attorneys are required to meet the significant 

increase in litigation and oversight matters. These matters necessitate substantial 

coordination with the Department of Justice to represent the interests of the United States in 

lawsuits pending in all levels of federal courts, and with Congressional Committees, 

Inspectors General, and the US Government Accountability Office to respond to a wide 

variety of inquiries concerning departmental programs and activities. Additional resources 

will facilitate the collection, review, and production of documents; drafting and review of 

pleadings, motions, and memoranda of law; witness preparation; and monitoring of reports 

and pretrial and trial proceedings.

Office of Tax Policy Staffing +$2,409,000 / +7 FTE 

• Rationalization of the Tax Code - The Office of Tax Policy requests $1,221,000 and three 

additional staff to meet the Department’s ongoing needs for analyses of tax proposals, 

including fundamental reform of the tax system. The exponential growth, availability, and 

variety of data from multiple sources have rapidly changed expectations regarding the Office 

of Tax Policy’s analytical capabilities. To continue meeting the analytical requests of the 

Secretary and the Administration, the Office of Tax Policy must upgrade the existing 

computing platform. The current platform is at risk due to lack of commercially available 

resources, so the office must migrate to more current operating systems commonly used for 

high-compute analytic services. Additional staff are required to properly construct, maintain,

and access complex, large databases, which require regular maintenance and adjustment to 

remain accessible. This work requires a detailed knowledge of relational database design and 

system programming, as well as practical experience in tuning a large database along with a 

deep understanding of public economics and taxation. 

• International Tax Workload – The Office of Tax Policy requests $1,188,000 and four 

additional staff to address the office’s increased international tax workload. The portfolio of 

the international tax issues handled by the Office of Tax Policy has expanded significantly 

over the last ten years due to globalization and the increased prominence of international tax 

issues. Since 2010, this expansion has been significant due to enactment of the Foreign 

Account Tax Compliance Act in 2010, as well as increased efforts by the G-20, Organization 
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for Economic Cooperation and Development, and United Nations to set international tax 

standards and focus on business tax reform. U.S. interests must be represented at the OECD 

as the organization increases its focus on international tax. As the lead country in shaping 

the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting initiative for the OECD, the U.S. is pushing for 

reforming international standards to prevent foreign countries from inappropriately taxing the 

profits of U.S. companies. Failure to participate would be detrimental to U.S. business 

interests. In addition, U.S. tax reform discussions increasingly focus on reforming U.S. 

international tax rules, and the Office of Tax Policy staff must provide increasing expertise in 

support of the Administration’s efforts. Without additional staff, the office could not 

appropriately support reform.

Embassy Security Improvements +$744,000 / +0 FTE 

As a result of recent steps taken by the State Department to bolster the Capital Security Cost 

Sharing (CSCS) program, the estimated cost to Treasury is expected to increase from $1,201,000 

in FY 2015 to $1,944,000 in FY 2016. To avoid reducing the Department’s international 

footprint, DO is requesting $744,000 to fully fund the projected FY 2016 CSCS invoice.

DO Cybersecurity Enhancements +$1,050,000 / +2 FTE 

• Security Enhancements for Classified Networks - Two additional positions and $550,000 are 

requested to build out DO’s nascent Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring program, 

including security controls testing, monitoring of system security to include detection of and 

response to unauthorized user or anomalous network activity, as well as the secure 

implementation of identity and credential access management on DO’s collateral classified 

network. The network serves a significant purpose for its users and the mission of 

DO. Besides classified data transmission, it also provides an alternative, more secure 

environment for processing highly sensitive information, since the network is isolated from 

the Internet. Funding also provides incident response capabilities consisting of forensics 

equipment as well as penetration testing software. These improvements will increase DO’s

ability to continuously monitor the network and detect and remediate security vulnerabilities,

thereby reducing the risk of security incidents. Additionally, the project will help find the 

source and location of security incidents and respond more timely when security events arise.

• DO Wireless Intrusion Prevention System Expansion - An additional $500,000 is required to 

continue to roll out wireless intrusion prevention in DO buildings and areas that are currently 

unmonitored. Over half of the DO buildings (often leased floors in commercial office space) 

are unmonitored. The additional areas are relatively small compared to the Main Treasury 

complex, but any one area poses a potential unauthorized vulnerability to the network if not 

appropriately secured and monitored, as required by federal and Department

requirements. These unmonitored areas often neighbor buildings and adjacent office space 

with public Wi-Fi networks and significant wireless activity. The monitoring software will 

reduce Treasury’s exposure to these risks. 
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2.2 – Operating Levels Table

Dollars in Thousands

Departmental Offices - S & E FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Object Classification Actual DO TFI 1/ Total Request

2/ 3/

11.1 - Full-time permanent 132,808 99,424 50,092 149,516 159,233

11.3 - Other than full-time permanent 1,602 1,676 99 1,775 1,793

11.5 - Other personnel compensation 2,866 2,377 867 3,244 3,284

11.8 - Special personal services payments 191 57 0 57 58

11.9 - Personnel Compensation (Total) 137,467 103,534 51,058 154,592 164,368

12.0 - Personnel benefits 40,155 26,950 14,852 41,802 45,689

Total Personnel and Compensation Benefits $177,622 $130,484 $65,910 $196,394 $210,057

21.0 - Travel and transportation of persons 5,640 2,351 3,276 5,627 6,027

22.0 - Transportation of things 446 168 243 411 422

23.1 - Rental payments to GSA 6,010 4,296 471 4,767 4,745

23.2 - Rental payments to others 1,435 875 0 875 901

23.3 - Communication, utilities, and misc charges 1,869 5,243 26 5,269 6,078

24.0 - Printing and reproduction 284 46 189 235 227

25.1 - Advisory and assistance services 36,352 2,591 13,926 16,517 15,151

25.2 - Other services 13,962 3,531 11,755 15,286 9,757

25.3 - Other purchases of goods & serv frm Govt accounts 44,320 48,325 12,160 60,485 59,976

25.4 - Operation and maintenance of facilities 11 0 0 0 0

25.5 - Research and development contracts 0 0 0 0 2,401

25.7 - Operation and maintenance of equip 202 2,175 255 2,430 2,820

26.0 - Supplies and materials 5,588 3,228 2,340 5,568 5,588

31.0 - Equipment 11,576 6,687 1,391 8,078 7,111

32.0 - Land and structures 30 0 0 0 0

42.0 - Insurance claims and indemnities 347 0 558 558 576

43.0 - Interest and dividends 19 0 0 0 0

Total Non-Personnel 128,091 79,516 46,590 126,106 121,780

Subtotal New Appropriated Resources $305,713 $210,000 $112,500 $322,500 $331,837

Budget Activities:

Executive Direction 49,725 63,186 0 63,186 51,191

International Affairs and Economic Policy 61,156 64,533 0 64,533 62,854

Domestic Finance and Tax Policy 106,760 124,072 0 124,072 98,062

Terrorism and Financial Intelligence 132,598 0 130,942 130,942 166,235

Treasury-wide Management and Programs 62,660 88,241 0 88,241 74,969

Total Budgetary Resources $412,899 $340,032 $130,942 $470,974 $453,311

FTE 1,319 965 416 1,381 1,475

1/ In FY 2015, the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) was funded through a separate appropriation of $112.5 

million, which includes $27 million for administrative support. To support the financing of TFI's administrative program, the 

Departmental Offices Salaries & Expenses (S&E) Reimbursable program of $130.032 million was increased by $27 million. 

2/ The FY 2016 Budget includes TFI activities in the DO S&E appropriation, where it has been each year except FY 2015.

3/ The Budget also proposes to transfer $7 million from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund for DO’s administration and 

oversight responsibilities for this program. This funding is not included above.
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2B – Appropriations Language and Explanation of Changes

Appropriations Language Explanation of 

Changes

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

Federal Funds

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including operation and

maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor 

vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of 

commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, 

when necessary for the performance of official business; executive direction 

program activities; international affairs and economic policy activities; 

domestic finance and tax policy activities; terrorism and financial intelligence 

activities; and Treasury-wide management policies and programs activities, 

[$210,000,000] $331,837,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 

this heading—

(1) Not less than $109,609,000 is for the Office of Terrorism and Financial 

Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and to combat 

rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, 

money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats;

([1]2) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and representation 

expenses;

([2]3) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential

nature to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the

Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate;

(4) notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $1,000,000 may be 

contributed to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 

for the Department's participation in programs related to global tax 

administration; and

([3]5) not to exceed [$24,200,000] $25,200,000 shall remain available until

September 30, [2016] 2017, for—

(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and Internal Control 

Program;

(B) information technology modernization requirements;

(C) [in an amount not less than $9,500,000, the audit, oversight, and 

administration of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; and] secure space 

requirements;

(D) in an amount not to exceed $3,400,000, the development and 

implementation of programs within the Office of Critical Infrastructure 

Protection and Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative 

agreements; and

(E) in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for a Digital Service team.

The Administration 

includes the Office of 

Terrorism and 

Financial Intelligence 

activities in the 

Salaries and Expenses 

appropriation.

Including OECD 

language will remove 

any ambiguity about 

the use of this 

funding.
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Appropriations Language Explanation of 

Changes

Provided further, That, in addition to the amount otherwise made available 

under this heading, $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2017, for necessary expenses for carrying out subtitle F of title I of division A of 

Public Law 112–141, to be derived from the trust fund established under 

section 1602 of such Public Law, without altering the percentages of funds 

made available for other purposes from the remaining balance of the trust fund. 

(Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2015.)

OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

[For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and Financial 

Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and to combat 

rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, 

money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security 

threats, $112,500,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 

heading: (1) not to exceed $27,000,000 is available for administrative expenses; 

and (2) $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, is available 

for secure space requirements: Provided further, That the unobligated balances 

of prior year appropriations made available for terrorism and financial 

intelligence activities under the heading "Department of the Treasury—

Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses" shall be transferred to, and 

merged with, this account.] (Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 

2015.)

The Administration 

proposes language to 

fund the DO’s 

administration and 

oversight 

responsibilities under 

the RESTORE Act 

from the trust fund 

established by that act 

rather than annual 

discretionary 

appropriations.

The Administration 

includes the Office of 

Terrorism and 

Financial Intelligence 

activities in the 

Salaries and Expenses 

appropriation.

2C – Legislative Proposals

Departmental Offices has no legislative proposals. 

2D – Mandatory Program Proposals

RESTORE Act

As in FY 2015, Treasury proposes legislative language in FY 2016 to allow Treasury to draw 

$7,000,000 from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund (GCRTF) for management of the fund, 

including administering the civil and administrative penalties arising from the Deep Water 

Horizon oil spill, supporting environmental and economic restoration of the Gulf Coast region, 

and standing up grants, compliance, and audit programs.
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Section 3 – Budget and Performance Plan

3A – Executive Direction

($37,899,000 from direct appropriations, and $13,292,000 from reimbursable resources): 

The Executive Direction program area provides direction and policy formulation to the 

Department and Departmental Offices and interacts with Congress and the public on 

Departmental policy matters. 

No specific performance goals/measures are presented for this budget activity as the work of 

these offices is captured within the other budget activities. 

3.1.1 – Executive Direction Budget Activity Budget and Performance Plan

Dollars in Thousands

Executive Direction Budget Activity

Resource Level FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Enacted Enacted Request

 Appropriated Resources $21,170 $24,709 $37,272 $37,219 $35,763 $36,738 $36,002 $37,899

 Reimbursable Resources $1,188 $1,656 $3,570 $4,545 $4,691 $4,530 $27,184 $13,292

Budget Activity Total $22,358 $26,365 $40,842 $41,764 $40,454 $41,268 $63,186 $51,191

3B – International Affairs and Economic Policy

($58,706,000 from direct appropriations, and $4,148,000 from reimbursable resources): 

The offices in this budget activity promote economic growth in the U.S. by producing technical 

economic analyses for the Secretary and advancing U.S. economic and financial policy priorities 

around the world.

Office of Economic Policy (EP)

This office supports the following strategic objectives for Strategic Goal #1, to promote domestic 

economic growth and stability while continuing reforms of the financial system: 

• Objective 1.1: Promote savings and increased access to credit and affordable housing 

options.

• Objective 1.3: Complete implementation of financial regulatory reform initiatives, continue 

monitoring capital markets, and address threats to stability.

This office also supports the following strategic objective for Strategic Goal #2, to Enhance U.S. 

competitiveness and job creation, and promote international financial stability and more balanced 

global growth. 

• Objective 2.1: Promote free trade, open markets, and foreign investment opportunities.

Description of Performance:

During the past year, Economic Policy staff constructed the Treasury Nominal Coupon-Issue 

(TNC) Yield Curve, which generates zero-coupon spot interest rates and par yields on Treasury 

securities. These data will be used by federal agencies that administer federal pension programs 

and other future payment programs to calculate their annual liabilities. Economic Policy also 

produced an estimate of state Total Taxable Resources, which estimates the relative fiscal 
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capacity of states and is used in determining the allocation of funds for the Community Mental 

Health Service and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment block grant programs. Economic 

Policy partnered with the Office of Domestic Finance and the Department of Transportation to 

hold the Infrastructure Investment Summit. In conjunction with the conference, Economic 

Policy wrote a paper designed to educate stakeholders on innovative infrastructure financing 

approaches, particularly public private partnerships, and to assess the current state of our 

infrastructure.

During FY 2014, the Office of Economic Policy continued to participate in the development and 

implementation of housing policy, including the Making Home Affordable program. Economic 

Policy continued to produce the corporate bond yield curve, used by pension plans to discount 

their pension liabilities. 

Office of International Affairs (IA)

This office supports the following strategic objective for Strategic Goal #1, to promote domestic 

economic growth and stability while continuing reforms of the financial system: 

• Objective 1.3: Complete implementation of financial regulatory reform initiatives, continue 

monitoring capital markets, and address threats to stability.

This office supports the following strategic objectives for Strategic Goal #2, to enhance U.S. 

competitiveness and job creation, and promote international financial stability and more balanced 

global growth:

• Objective 2.1: Promote free trade, open markets, and foreign investment opportunities.

• Objective 2.2: Protect global economic and financial stability and press for marketdetermined foreign exchange rates.

• Objective 2.3: Advance U.S. economic, financial, and national security goals by leveraging 

multilateral mechanisms.

• Objective 2.4: Provide technical assistance to developing countries working to improve 

public financial management and strengthen their financial systems.

Description of Performance:

In FY 2014, the Office of International Affairs (IA) helped ensure a favorable external 

environment for sustained job growth and financial stability in the U.S. by prioritizing its work 

around four themes: Trade and Investment; Global Rebalancing; International Financial 

Stability; and International Development. 

As co-lead on financial services negotiations, Treasury is working to complete the Trans-Pacific 

Partnership agreement, which is to include countries that account for one-third of global trade. 

Treasury also supported the Administration in pursuing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade 

and Investment Partnership with the European Union and the Trade in Services Agreement with 

23 other like-minded countries to liberalize services trade. 

Treasury works to address the large and persistent imbalances between countries that threaten

sustainable U.S. economic growth through multilateral and bilateral activities such as the G-20 

and the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue (S&ED). In December 2014, the G-20 

Leaders endorsed a U.S.-led initiative that, if fully implemented, could boost the combined GDP 
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of the G-20 countries by as much as 2.1 percent over current estimates by 2018. The Brisbane 

Action Plan’s emphasis on comprehensive growth strategies to boost demand over the near-term 

reflects an important U.S. policy priority. At the July 2014 S&ED, China committed to move 

more rapidly toward a more market-determined exchange rate and to reduce foreign exchange 

intervention as conditions permit. Treasury also worked to break down China’s market access 

barriers to U.S. goods and services; strengthen China’s intellectual property rights regime, 

including on trade secret thefts; and open up China’s markets to U.S. and other foreign 

investment, including by the U.S. financial services sector. Since June 2010, China’s currency 

appreciated by 18 percent against the dollar in real terms. 

In FY 2014, Treasury continued to support the U.S. economy’s recovery by mitigating the threat 

from weak growth in the euro area and working to limit negative economic and financial 

spillovers from the conflict in Ukraine. Specific activities included: working with European 

counterparts to help maintain long-term sustainability of the euro; advancing the establishment of 

a centralized European banking union; working with the IMF and others to monitor progress 

towards economic stabilization in vulnerable countries; implementing technical assistance and 

loan guarantee programs for Ukraine; and placing a Treasury Financial Attaché in U.S. 

embassies in Moscow and Kiev.

Treasury leverages multilateral mechanisms to sustain inclusive economic growth worldwide 

through IA’s work in support of the G-20’s initiatives on financial inclusion and infrastructure 

finance, the Paris Club’s targeted debt relief efforts, and the Multilateral Development Banks’ 

investments in the poorest and most vulnerable countries. In FY 2014, Treasury promoted 

improvements in institutional governance for greater development impact during replenishment 

negotiations for the World Bank’s International Development Association secured financing 

from the African Development Bank and the World Bank to advance the President’s Power 

Africa initiative. Treasury also continued to encourage additional donor support for the Global 

Agriculture and Food Security Program.

As chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Treasury 

coordinates an interagency process to review certain foreign investments for national security 

risks in accordance with the procedures and tight deadlines specified in law and regulation. 

• Timely Review of CFIUS Cases: This measure tracks compliance with statutory deadlines 

for completing national security reviews of transactions notified to the CFIUS to ensure that 

the CFIUS process is timely and efficient. IA’s target for this measure in FY 2015 and 2016 

is 100 percent.

Treasury promotes economic growth by managing U.S. participation and leveraging U.S.

leadership positions in the International Financial Institutions in order to mitigate emerging 

threats to the U.S. and global economies; support international trade and investment; and 

reinforce U.S. national security interests in key countries around the world. 

• Monitor Quality and Enhance Effectiveness of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Lending 

through Review of IMF Country Programs: This measure tracks efforts by IA staff to monitor 

the quality of IMF country programs and ensure the application of appropriately high 
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standards for the use of IMF resources. The target (100 percent) was met in FY 2014. In 

FY 2015 and FY 2016, IA’s target for this measure remains 100 percent.

• Monitor Quality and Enhance Effectiveness of MDB Lending through Timely Review of 

MDB Grant and Loan Proposals: IA reviews MDB loan and grant proposals to ensure that 

funded projects meet several key goals, which include having a measurable development 

impact, supporting long-term U.S. objectives, and being consistent with congressional 

mandates. The target (100 percent) was met in FY 2014. In FY 2015 and FY 2016, IA aims 

to review 100 percent of MDB loan and grant proposals prior to the date of the relevant 

Executive Board meeting.

Finance ministries and central banks of developing countries that have demonstrated strong 

commitments to reforming their financial systems or public financial management can receive 

direct assistance from the Office of Technical Assistance through its cadre of expert advisors. 

The technical assistance team leverages its funding to increase transparency and accountability, 

reduce corruption, and strengthen the development of market-based policies and practices in 

these economies. This work supports the expansion of markets for U.S. exporters, thus 

promoting jobs and economic growth at home. 

Office of Technical Assistance (OTA): OTA uses measures it developed to assess the level of 

counterparty engagement (Traction) and the degree of positive change in achieving project 

objectives (Impact). These measures, scored on a 5-point scale, are averaged across all projects 

to provide one overall measure of OTA’s performance. In FY 2015 and FY 2016, IA’s target for 

Traction is 3.6 and its target for Impact is 3.1. In FY 2014 the Impact score was 2.9, falling short 

of its 3.1 target and the Traction score was 3.7, exceeding its 3.6 target.
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3.1.2 – International Affairs and Economic Policy Budget and Performance Plan

Dollars in Thousands

International Affairs and Economic Policy Budget Activity

Resource Level FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Enacted Enacted Request

 Appropriated Resources $42,714 $47,539 $62,798 $59,277 $56,804 $56,113 $56,266 $58,706

 Reimbursable Resources $5,277 $5,233 $1,314 $1,293 $2,275 $1,747 $8,267 $4,148

Budget Activity Total $47,991 $52,772 $64,112 $60,570 $59,079 $57,860 $64,533 $62,854

Measure FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Target Target

IA - Monitor Quality and 

Enhance Effectiveness of 

International Monetary Fund 

(IMF) Lending Through Review 

of IMF Country Programs 

N/A 97.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

IA - Monitor Quality and 

Enhance Effectiveness of MDB 

Lending Through Review of 

MDB Grant and Loan 

Proposals

N/A N/A N/A N/A 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

IA - Percentage of MDB Grant 

and Loan Proposals Containing 

Satisfactory Frameworks for 

Results Measurement

94.0 92.5 94.0 94.0 92.0 N/A 94.0 94.0

IA - Timely Review of CFIUS 

Cases

N/A N/A N/A N/A 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

OTA - Changes that Result 

from Project Engagement 

(Impact)

3.1 3 3.2 3.1 3 2.9 3.1 3.1

OTA - Scope and Intensity of 

Engagement (Traction)

3.7 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6

Key: DISC - Discontinued and B - Baseline

3C – Domestic Finance and Tax Policy

($75,948,000 from direct appropriations, and $22,114,000 from reimbursable resources): 

The offices within Domestic Finance and Tax Policy monitor and provide advice and assistance 

to the Secretary in their respective areas, as well as on financial markets and the regulation of 

financial institutions. 

Office of Tax Policy

This office supports the following strategic objective for Strategic Goal #2, to enhance U.S. 

competitiveness and job creation, and promote international financial stability and more balanced 

global growth:

• Objective 2.1: Promote free trade, open markets, and foreign investment opportunities.
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This office supports the following strategic objective for Strategic Goal #3, to fairly and 

effectively reform and modernize federal financial management, accounting, and tax systems:

• Objective 3.3: Pursue tax reform, implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, and improve the execution of the tax code.

Description of Performance:

In FY 2014, the Office of Tax Policy published final regulations to implement the Foreign 

Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which requires foreign financial institutions to identify 

and report to the IRS information about U.S.-owned accounts. Tax Policy reached agreements in 

substance with more than 75 countries agreeing to implement FATCA on a government to 

government basis. In 2014, the G-20 endorsed a new international standard developed by the 

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that is based on FATCA, which is 

now the global standard for tax reporting information regarding foreign-owned accounts. The 

office also released significant guidance pertaining to the implementation of the Affordable Care 

Act, including final regulations on information reporting so that employers and other parties 

providing health coverage to individuals could report certain information regarding the health 

coverage they offer their employees. The office also released final regulations on whistleblower 

informant payments and many other high-profile issues.

 

FY 2015 and FY 2016 priorities for the Office of Tax Policy include:

• Developing additional guidance in light of experience with ACA provisions as they go into 

effect.

• Signing additional FATCA Intergovernmental Agreements and continuing to update and sign 

new tax treaties.

• Working with the Department of Education to improve access and awareness of education 

financial aid.

• Guidance related to retirement plans.

Office of Domestic Finance (DF)

This office supports the following strategic objectives for Strategic Goal #1, to promote domestic 

economic growth and stability while continuing reforms of the financial system: 

• Objective 1.1: Promote savings and increased access to credit and affordable housing 

options.

• Objective 1.2: Wind down emergency financial crisis response programs.

• Objective 1.3: Complete implementation of financial regulatory reform initiatives, continue 

monitoring capital markets, and address threats to stability.

This office supports the following strategic objectives for Strategic Goal #3, to fairly and 

effectively reform and modernize federal financial management, accounting, and tax systems: 

• Objective 3.1: Improve the efficiency and transparency of federal financial management and 

Government-wide accounting.

• Objective 3.2: Improve the disbursement and collection of federal funds and reduce improper 

payments made by the U.S. Government.

This office supports the following strategic objectives for Strategic Goal #4, safeguard the 

financial system and use financial measures to counter national security threats: 
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• Objective 4.3: Improve the cybersecurity of our nation’s financial sector critical 

infrastructure.

Description of Performance:

The Office of Domestic Finance (DF) continued work to preserve confidence in the U.S. 

Treasury market in FY 2014 by effectively managing Federal fiscal operations, strengthening 

financial institutions and markets, promoting access to credit, and improving financial access and 

education in service of America’s long-term economic strength and stability. 

From October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014, the Office of Debt Management conducted 

271 auctions, issuing over $7.24 trillion in marketable securities, and raising more than $698

billion in new cash to fund the U.S. Government’s operations.

The Federal Insurance Office (FIO), housed within Domestic Finance, represents the United 

States on prudential aspects of international insurance matters and in various fora around the 

world. FIO monitors all aspects of the insurance industry, including its regulation, and its 

Director serves on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. FIO continues to be an active 

participant in international bodies such as the International Association of Insurance Supervisors 

and the Financial Stability Board. 

The Office of State and Local Finance was established to improve coordination of Treasury’s 

programs and policies as they affect states and cities. It will advise in the development of policy 

pertaining to infrastructure finance, distressed municipalities, public pensions, the municipal 

bond market, and other state and local fiscal matters.

The Financial Sector - Cyber Intelligence Group (CIG) was established within the Office of 

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy to focus on cybersecurity information 

sharing with the financial sector. Its purpose is to increase the volume, timeliness and quality of 

cyber threat information shared between the government and the financial services sector as 

called for under Executive Order 13636 on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and 

Presidential Policy Directive 21 on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience. The CIG was 

established in response to a need identified by the financial sector for the government to have a 

focal point for sharing cyber threat-related information with the sector. 

FY 2015 and FY 2016 priorities for the Office of Domestic Finance (DF) include:

• Developing a sustainable housing finance system that meets the needs of a diverse population 

of borrowers while also developing and executing a transition strategy to wind down

Government-Sponsored Enterprises while assuring the continued flow of mortgage credit. 

• Administering and advising on new initiatives to improve financial education and access

including managing the first Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund. 

• Improving the access and availability of credit needed to create small businesses, jobs, and 

economic growth by identifying new, and enhancing existing, avenues for capital.

• Strengthening risk management, governance, and performance of Federal credit programs 

through Treasury’s Credit Committee and Office of Risk Management.

• Through the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance, continuing to work 

with the financial sector to strengthen its cybersecurity posture. This includes representing 
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the financial services sector as the sector specific agency during interagency policy 

development.

• Modernizing the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which reports to DF’s Fiscal Assistant 

Secretary, so that it can collect debts and make payments as efficiently as possible by 

leveraging shared services and paperless delivery. 

• Oversee the myRA initiative, a program designed to help American workers begin saving for 

their retirement and will make available starter savings accounts for individuals without 

access or eligibility to an employer-sponsored retirement savings program.

The Office of Domestic Finance has one performance measure:

• Variance between estimated and actual receipts (annual forecast) (percent): As part of 

managing the Government’s central operating account and cash position, the Office of Fiscal 

Projections (OFP) forecasts net cash flows (e.g., Federal receipts, outlays, and other 

miscellaneous flows) to ensure that adequate funds are available daily to cover federal 

payments. To determine its overall effectiveness, one of OFP’s metrics is to measure the 

variance between actual and projected Federal receipts.

The actual variance for FY 2014 through July 2014 was 3.8 percent, significantly lower than 

the 4.25 percent target for FY 2014. The actual variance for all of FY 2013 was 2.5 percent. 

The target for FY 2015 and FY 2016 is 4.25 percent.

As highlighted in the FY 2014 Strategic Objective Annual Review (SOAR), DF began actively 

winding down the remaining $9.0 billion investment in Ally. DF reduced its stake in Ally from 

73.8 percent in October 2013 to 13.8 percent in September 2014 through IPO, private placement 

and a pre-defined written trading plan. Further, DF completed disposition of all remaining 

shares of GM as of December 2013. The Capital Purchase Program (CPP) has generated $225 

billion in proceeds for taxpayers. Next steps from the SOAR include completing the wind down 

of Ally, develop the Community Development Capital Initiative Disposition Strategy, and 

substantially complete disposition of CPP.
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3.1.3 – Domestic Finance and Tax Policy Budget Activity Budget and Performance Plan

Dollars in Thousands

Domestic Finance and Tax Policy Budget Activity

Resource Level FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Enacted Enacted Request

 Appropriated Resources $29,942 $44,373 $64,201 $71,451 $68,351 $80,956 $78,589 $75,948

 Reimbursable Resources $4,204 $10,889 $31,345 $11,629 $12,804 $17,560 $45,483 $22,114

Budget Activity Total $34,146 $55,262 $95,546 $83,080 $81,155 $98,516 $124,072 $98,062

Measure FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Target Target

Variance Between Estimated 

and Actual Receipts (Annual 

Forecast)(%)

5.5 5.8 4.4 3.8 2.5 4.25 4.25 N/A*

Key: DISC - Discontinued and B - Baseline

Note: The FY 2016 Request proposes to transfer $7 million from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund for DO’s administration

and oversight responsibilities for this program. This funding is not included above.

*The performance metric for FY 2016 will be based upon the median error of preceding years, including FY 2015

 and will be calculated after the MTS for September 2015 is released.

3D – Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

($109,609,000 from direct appropriations, and $56,626,000 from reimbursable resources): 

This office supports the following strategic objective for Strategic Goal #2, to enhance U.S. 

competitiveness and job creation, and promote international financial stability and more balanced 

global growth:

• Objective 2.3: Advance U.S. economic, financial, and national security goals by leveraging 

multilateral mechanisms.

This office supports the following strategic objective for Strategic Goal #4, to safeguard the 

financial system and use financial measures to counter national security threats:

• Objective 4.1: Identify priority threats to the financial system using intelligence analysis and 

outreach to the financial sector.

• Objective 4.2: Develop, implement, and enforce sanctions and other targeted financial 

measures.

• Objective 4.3: Improve the cybersecurity of our Nation’s financial sector critical 

infrastructure.

• Objective 4.4: Protect the integrity of the financial system by implementing, promoting, and 

enforcing anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing standards.

Description of Performance:

The TFI marshals the Department's intelligence and enforcement functions with the twin aims of 

safeguarding the financial system against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist 

facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and 

other national security threats. Under the Executive Order and legislation umbrellas, TFI 
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supports Treasury’s strategic and priority goals by the implementation of specific 

sanctions tailored to block assets or impose trade restrictions. 

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) provides critical intelligence support and unique 

analysis to advance the national security missions of the Department. OIA focuses on enhancing 

Intelligence Community efforts to address the impact of targeted financial measures, security 

threats to the international financial system, and minimize and mitigate security risks posed by 

internal and external threats to national security. In addition, OIA’s analytic products are often 

utilized by Treasury’s policy and enforcement offices to make key strategic decisions.

OFAC’s enforcement successes in FY 2014 have made global news and include the office’s 

$150 million settlement with Clearstream Banking for facilitating transactions for the Central 

Bank of Iran. Likewise, OFAC’s enforcement efforts were part of an unprecedented $8.9 billion 

set of fines and forfeitures levied against BNP Paribas, SA in response to that institution’s 

numerous sanctions violations.

The Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC), worked to strengthen global 

standards to combat and prevent financial crimes and terrorist financing. In FY 2014, TFFC 

participated in or reviewed 16 mutual assessment reports of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

countries’ compliance with international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing 

(AML/CFT) standards. TFFC also provided training to its counterparts abroad, which focused 

on creating effective AML/CFT frameworks and financial regulations capable of combating 

terrorist financing. During the next fiscal year, the office will continue efforts to develop 

conduct-based sanctions and executive orders targeting illicit actors that support narcotraffickers, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, and transnational criminal 

organizations. TFFC will also develop regulatory AML/CFT initiatives and collaborate with 

other TFI components (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis), Federal law enforcement on financial 

crime investigations, and third party money laundering coordination and efforts. Additionally, 

TFFC will participate in or review mutual assessment reports conducted to evaluate FATF 

members’ adoption of international AML/CFT standards.

FY 2015 and FY 2016 priorities for TFI include:

• Increasing focus on Transnational Criminal Organizations and illegal activities including 

arms and narcotics trafficking, human smuggling, and weapons proliferation.

• Increasing focus on Cybersecurity and Intellectual Property activities.

• Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information concerning illicit financing and 

national security threats.

• Assisting partner countries in the development and implementation of AML/CFT standards. 

TFI provides direct support and assistance ensuring compliance with these internationally 

approved standards.

• Identifying opportunities for Treasury to use its authorities to combat and counter terrorist 

financing in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. 

• Increasing the capabilities of Treasury’s program for deterring, detecting, and mitigating 

insider threats by leveraging counterintelligence, security, information assurance, and other 

relevant resources.
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As highlighted in the FY 2014 SOAR, TFI gained positive feedback within the intelligence 

community by receiving 100 percent satisfaction rating among key customers. Next steps 

include moving towards synchronization of Treasury’s intelligence priorities and advancing 

tradecraft development throughout the Department. 

TFI's performance metric is:

Impact of TFI Programs and Activities: In order to gauge its performance, TFI created a 

composite measure consisting of three program office focus areas related to its mission and 

strategic goals, including customer outreach, increasing budget production and dissemination of 

intelligence products, and implementing IT modernization projects. In FY 2014, TFI met its 

performance goal of 8.5 and expects to achieve its FY 2015 and FY 2016 target of 8.5.

3.1.4 – Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Budget Activity Budget and Performance Plan

Dollars in Thousands

Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Budget Activity

Resource Level FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Enacted Enacted Request

 Appropriated Resources $59,222 $63,601 $99,532 $100,000 $96,116 $102,000 $112,500 $109,609

 Reimbursable Resources $4,684 $6,208 $18,989 $31,225 $30,832 $31,992 $18,442 $56,626

Budget Activity Total $63,906 $69,809 $118,521 $131,225 $126,948 $133,992 $130,942 $166,235

Measure FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Target Target

Impact of TFI Programs and 

Activities

7.8 7.4 7.6 8.1 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.5

Key: DISC - Discontinued and B - Baseline

1/ In FY 2015 the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) was funded through a separate appropriation direct 

program of $112,500,000 which includes $27 million for administrative support consistent with P.L. 113-235 and a reimbursable 

program of $18,442,000.

2/ The FY 2016 Budget includes TFI activities in the Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses appropriation , where it has

been each year except FY 2015.

3E – Treasury-wide Management and Programs

($49,675,000 from direct appropriations, and $25,294,000 from reimbursable resources): 

This budget activity includes offices that are responsible for the internal management and policy 

of the Department: the Office of the Chief Information Officer; the Office of Privacy, 

Transparency, and Records; the Office of the Procurement Executive; the Office of Chief Human 

Capital Officer; the Office of Emergency Programs; the Office of the Deputy Chief Financial 

Officer; and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget. 

This office supports the following strategic objective for Strategic Goal #5, to create a 21stcentury approach to government by improving efficiency, effectiveness and customer interaction

• Objective 5.1: Increase workforce engagement, performance, and diversity by instilling 

excellence, innovation, and inclusion in Treasury’s organizational culture and business 

practices.
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• Objective 5.2: Support effective, data-driven decision-making and encourage transparency 

through intelligent gathering, analysis, sharing, use, and dissemination of information.

• Objective 5.3: Promote efficient use of resources through shared services, strategic sourcing, 

streamlined business processes, and accountability.

• Objective 5.4: Create a culture of service through relentless pursuit of customer value.

Description of Performance:

In FY 2014, Treasury updated its Human Capital Strategic Plan to reflect the human capital 

objectives under Goal 5 (Management) of Treasury’s FY 2014-2017 Strategic Plan and the new 

“People and Culture” cross-agency priority goal. Treasury has focused efforts on improving 

quality in the delivery of human capital services and increasing workforce engagement, 

performance, and diversity. Treasury kept average time-to-hire below the federal goal of 80 

days, and met or exceeded quality goals for manager and applicant satisfaction. Although 

Treasury exceeded its goal for disability hiring (10.27 percent), it fell short of goals for targeted 

disability, veteran, and disabled veteran new hires. Treasury established a Diversity Executive 

Committee to oversee leadership diversity education and development. Treasury also instituted a 

formal orientation program for new executives and a pilot program for centralized training of all 

new supervisors. Treasury conducted enterprise-wide workforce planning studies of three 

mission-critical occupations (Accountants, Auditors, and Contracting Officers) and was 

recognized by the Government Accountability Office for its leadership of a multi-agency 

workforce planning consortium. In FY 2015 Treasury will formally implement a departmentwide Annual Engagement Action Planning Cycle.

To reduce the Department’s real property footprint and maximize the use of existing real 

property assets, the Department maximized space utilization by undertaking space realignments, 

consolidations, and through improved work station standards. 

To comply with the contractor diversity mandates of the Dodd-Frank Act and the Small Business 

Act, the Department focused on small business contracting goal achievement and expanded 

outreach to minority-owned and women-owned businesses. In FY 2014, Treasury aimed to 

exceed all small business contracting goals for a fourth consecutive year. Treasury attended and 

conducted outreach activities to provide small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses 

with information about specific contract opportunities and technical assistance about conducting 

business with Treasury. This outreach work will continue in FY 2015 and FY 2016. 

 

For FY 2014, the Department received its fifteenth consecutive unmodified audit opinion on its 

Treasury-wide financial statements and its sixth consecutive unmodified audit opinion on the 

Office of Financial Stability/TARP financial statements.

Management’s performance metrics are:

• Treasury-wide Footprint (Square Footage): This goal measures the total square footage 

occupied by Treasury’s owned and leased buildings. Management aims to generally reduce 

the total square footage over the course of several years in order to use space more efficiently 

and consume fewer resources. 

• Treasury-wide Percentage of Procurement Dollars Spent on Small Business: Treasury 

exceeded its overall small business contracting goal for the fourth consecutive year, 
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achieving 36.91 percent with a FY 2014 target of 35.07 percent. Particularly noteworthy is 

that Treasury far exceeded the contracting goals for socioeconomic all small business 

categories. Contract obligations to small disadvantaged businesses represented 14.41 percent, 

almost triple the 5 percent goal, and to women-owned small businesses represented 9.55 

percent, almost double the 5 percent goal. Contract obligations to service disabled veteranowned small businesses (4.34 percent), and HUBZone small businesses (3.35 percent) both 

exceeded the 3 percent goals. Throughout 2015, Treasury will continue to employ the 

successful strategies of targeted outreach, enhanced leadership accountability, new policies, 

new tools and resources, and increased intra-agency communication with the expectation of 

achieving its overall small business goal of 35 percent. The FY 2015 overall small business 

goal has been set at 35 percent. Treasury’s FY 2014 small business contract achievements are 

expected to be announced by the Small Business Administration in the spring or early 

summer 2015.

• Treasury-wide Results-Oriented Performance Culture Scores (Index of the Federal Employee 

Viewpoint Survey [FEVS]): The FEVS Results-Oriented Performance Culture Index denotes 

the extent to which employees believe their organizational culture promotes improvement in 

processes, products and services, and organizational outcomes. Treasury requires all bureaus 

to adopt action plans based on analyses of FEVS data, and monitors execution of all plans 

through the HRstat review process. Bureaus that have adopted long-term FEVS 

improvement plans with active support from leadership have achieved notable 

improvements.

• Treasury-wide “Engagement” Index of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey [FEVS]):

The FEVS Engagement Index concentrates on factors that lead to an engaged workforce 

(e.g., supporting employee development, communicating agency goals). OMB M-15-04, 

dated December 23, 2014, sets a top-line goal for federal agencies to achieve 67 percent 

rating in the Engagement Index on the 2016 survey. 

• Treasury-wide Percentage of Discounts and Savings Achieved Through Strategically 

Sourced Contracts: This goal measures the percentage of dollars “saved” as a result of 

aggregating requirements and leveraging spend against strategically sourced vehicles. The 

Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) seeks to save the Federal Government money 

through smarter purchasing and ensuring that the taxpayer is getting the best price possible. 

This program highlights efforts by Treasury to maximize the utility of the taxpayer dollar and 

achieve more efficiency with fewer resources. Treasury’s most recent successes are in the 

area of wireless and domestic delivery services. In FY 2014 Treasury’s wireless contracts

achieved a 21 percent discount savings off of the GSA FSSI wireless contract prices, 

resulting in a discount savings of $4 million. Treasury’s use of GSA’s strategic sourcing 

vehicle for domestic delivery services contracts resulted in a discount savings of 27.9 percent

over other contracts and a discount savings discount of $6.1 million. Treasury will seek to 

build on these gains in the IT area in future years.
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3.1.5 – Treasury-wide Management and Programs Budget Activity Budget and 

Performance Plan

Dollars in Thousands

Treasury-wide Management and Programs Budget Activity

Resource Level FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals Enacted Enacted Request

 Appropriated Resources $20,157 $27,193 $43,670 $40,441 $35,223 $36,593 $39,143 $49,675

 Reimbursable Resources $13,838 $18,653 $14,284 $17,478 $15,320 $13,673 $49,098 $25,294

Budget Activity Total $33,995 $45,846 $57,954 $57,919 $50,543 $50,266 $88,241 $74,969

Measure FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Target Target

Percent of Procurement Dollars 

Spent on Small Business

26.19 29.62 34.51 38.52 39.15 35.07 35.0 N/A*

Treasury-wide Footprint 

(Square Footage)

36,559 37,088 37,596 37,998 37,320 28,267 36,031 35,551

Treasury-wide Results-oriented 

Performance Culture Scores 

(Index of the Federal Employee 

Viewpoint Survey [FEVS])

N/A 57.0% 59.0% 57.0% 55.0% 55.0% 56.0% N/A

Treasury-wide Engagement** 

Index of the Federal Employee 

Viewpoint Survey (FEVS)

N/A N/A N/A 70% 68% 66% 67% >67%

Key: DISC - Discontinued and B - Baseline

*Targets are negotiated annually.

**Treasury began tracking the Engagement Index for the FY2016 Congressional Justification per OMB M-15-04

 which requires agencies to pursue improvement in engagement..
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Section 4 – Supplemental Information

4A – Summary of Capital Investments

DO is focused on leveraging Treasury enterprise data centers to provide flexible, customized 

information technology support for its customers. This strategy will securely facilitate enterprise 

mobile applications, increase support for telework, and drive long term cost efficiencies through 

data center consolidation and expanded implementation of shared services.

DO continues to strengthen its governance through DO and enterprise-wide investment review 

boards (IRBs). The IRBs are comprised of both senior business and technology leaders who help 

to ensure that all technology investment decisions align with the mission and goals of the 

Department. The IRBs help the CIO prioritize opportunities for commodity IT and improved 

mission outcomes.

Non-Information Technology Capital Investments

The Main Treasury Building and Treasury Annex are the recipients of DO’s major non-IT capital 

investments. The Treasury Building is the oldest departmental building and the third oldest 

federally occupied building in Washington, preceded only by the Capitol and the White House. 

The Main Treasury Building covers five stories and a raised basement and sits on five acres of 

ground. It was dedicated as a National Historic Landmark on October 18, 1972. The Treasury 

Annex building, also owned by the Department, is part of the Lafayette Square National Register 

Historic District.

A summary of capital investment resources, including major information technology and nontechnology investments, can be viewed and downloaded at

http://www.treasury.gov/about/budget-performance/Pages/summary-of-capital-investments.aspx

This website also contains a digital copy of this document.