Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Program

Program Summary by Budget Activity

Dollars in Thousands

 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2012 TO FY 2014

 Enacted Annualized Request $ Change % Change

Budget Activity CR Rate 

Department-wide Systems and Capital 

Investments Program $0 $0 $2,725 $2,725 NA

Total Program Operating Level $0 $0 $2,725 $2,725 NA

Total FTE 0 0 0 0 NA

Summary

The Department-wide Systems and Capital 

Investments Program (DSCIP) is authorized to 

be used by or on behalf of the Treasury 

Department’s bureaus, at the Secretary’s 

discretion, to improve infrastructure, 

modernize business processes and increase 

efficiency through technology investments.

DSCIP FY 2014 Budget Highlights

Dollars in Thousands

Department-wide Systems and Capital 

Investments Program FTE Amount

FY 2012 Enacted - -

FY 2013 Annualized CR Rate - -

Changes to Base:

Non-Recurring Costs: - -

Subtotal Changes to Base - -

Total FY 2014 Base - -

Program Changes:

Program Increases: - $2,725

Cybersecurity - $1,500

Treasury building - repairs and 

renovations - $1,225

Total FY 2014 Request - $2,725

FY 2014 Budget Adjustments

Program Increases

Cybersecurity +$1,500,000 / +0 FTE

Treasury requests $1.5 million to design, 

procure, and install a Wireless Intrusion 

Detection System (WIDS) in the Main 

Treasury and Treasury Annex buildings. This 

system is necessary to help Treasury protect its 

classified and unclassified networks and 

comply with the Administration’s 

cybersecurity priorities.

Treasury building - repairs and renovations 

+$1,225,000 / +0 FTE

Funds are requested to continue to improve the 

energy efficiency of the Main Treasury and 

Annex buildings. The first proposed project 

involves the replacement of deteriorating 

steam radiators with new fan coil units. This 

will allow the Treasury Annex building to 

fully leverage the newly installed gas boilers 

and generate heat more efficiently. The 

remaining funds will be used to replace 

existing light fixtures with energy-efficient 

LED fixtures in most of the Annex and Main 

Treasury buildings.

Explanation of Budget Activities

Department-wide Systems and Capital 

Investments Program ($2,725,000 from direct 

appropriations)

The purpose of DSCIP funds is to modernize 

business processes and increase efficiencies 

through capital investment. The following 

section describes what the Treasury 

Department expects to accomplish with the 

DSCIP funding.

Cybersecurity. The Department-wide 

Cybersecurity program is focused on 

improving the security of Treasury’s sensitive 

systems, services, and automated data. It also 

drives the Department to improve performance 

in meeting the requirements of the Federal 

Information Security Management Act 
(FISMA), the Cyber Cross-Agency Priority 

(CAP) Goal, and other government-wide 

security initiatives. 

Main Treasury and Treasury Annex 

Buildings - Repairs and Renovation. 

The Main Treasury Building and the Treasury 

Annex are Departmental Offices’ non-IT 

capital investments. The Main 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. It covers five 

stories and a raised basement and sits on five 

acres of land. The Treasury Building was 

dedicated as a National Historic Landmark on 

October 18, 1972. The 90-year old Treasury 

Annex, owned by the Department, is part of 

the Lafayette Square National Register 

Historic District. Continual upkeep with close 

attention to historic preservation is necessary 

in order to continue occupying these buildings. 

Legislative Proposals

DSCIP has no legislative proposals.

Description of Performance

Cybersecurity. Treasury continues to 

improve its cybersecurity systems, but

challenges remain. For example, the 

Department must maintain and improve its 

ability to identify and stop malicious code 

before it enters Treasury networks and 

systems. In FY 2012, the Department routed 

over 95 percent of external traffic through the 

security inspection process provided by a

secure Trusted Internet Connection. By 

drastically reducing the number of overall 

Internet connections, the Department prepared

its systems to effectively integrate a data 

leakage prevention (DLP) capability for which 

funds were requested in the FY 2013 

President’s Budget for DSCIP. This system

will greatly reduce sensitive data leakage and 

assess the effectiveness of awareness training 

of system users.

Main Treasury and Treasury Annex 

Buildings - Repairs and Renovation. The 

proposed FY 2014 projects will reduce the 

amount of energy consumed in the Main 

Treasury and Treasury Annex Buildings. 

Replacing deteriorating steam radiators with 

new fan coil units will allow the Annex 

building to generate heat more efficiently. 

Replacing existing light fixtures with new 

energy-efficient LED fixtures in most of the 

Annex and Main Treasury buildings is 

estimated to save approximately $30,000

annually in electrical costs.

In FY 2011, four Annex projects commenced. 

Three of the projects focused on increasing 

energy efficiency through the installation of a 

new electric power distribution system, gas 

boilers, and new windows. One additional

project modernized the fire alarm system and 

added a new public address system, updating 

the Treasury Annex Building’s Life Safety 

infrastructure. All of these projects were 

completed in FY 2012, except the new electric 

power distribution project. While all of the 

electric power distribution equipment has been 

installed, Treasury plans to energize these 

components in FY 2013, pending PEPCO 

inspection, approvals, and actions.

In FY 2013, Treasury requested DSCIP 

funding for rain leader repair in order to 

eliminate water intrusion and plaster failure in 

the Main Treasury Building.