Bureau of Engraving and 

Printing

FY 2013

President‟s Budget 

Submission
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Table of Contents

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

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

1.1 – Resource Detail Table........................................................................................................ 3

1B – Mission Priorities and Context........................................................................................... 3

Section 2 – Budget Adjustments and Appropriation Language............................................... 7

2.1 – Budget Adjustments Table................................................................................................. 7

2A – Budget Increases and Decreases Description..................................................................... 7

2.2 – Operating Levels Table.................................................................................................... 10

2B – Appropriations Language and Explanation of Changes................................................... 11

2C – Legislative Proposals........................................................................................................ 11

Section 3 – Budget and Performance Report and Plan........................................................... 13

3A – Manufacturing.................................................................................................................. 13

3.1.1 – Manufacturing Budget and Performance Report and Plan ........................................... 15

3B – Protection and Accountability of Assets.......................................................................... 16

3.1.2 – Protection and Accountability of Assets Budget and Performance Report and Plan ... 16

Section 4 – Supplemental Information...................................................................................... 17

4A – Capital Investment Strategy............................................................................................. 17
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Section 1 – Purpose

1A – Mission Statement

To develop and produce United States currency notes trusted worldwide.

1.1 – Resource Detail Table

Dollars in Thousands

% Change

FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2012

Actual Estimated Estimated to FY 2013

FTE AMOUNT FTE AMOUNT FTE AMOUNT FTE AMOUNT

Budgetary Resources:

Revenue/Offsetting Collections

Federal Reserve Notes $573,750 $623,000 $591,616 -5%

Other Security Products $5,000 $7,000 $5,000 -29%

Currency Reader Coupon Program $0 $0 $69,357

Total Revenue/Offsetting Collections $578,750 $630,000 $665,973 6%

Total Budgetary Resources Available $578,750 $630,000 $665,973 6%

Expenses/Obligations

Direct Manufacturing

Paper and Ink 0 $163,000 0 $210,000 0 $240,950 0% 15%

Direct Labor 725 $94,500 725 $94,500 725 $94,500 0% 0%

Other Direct Mfg Costs 0 $7,500 0 $7,500 0 $7,500 0% 0%

Subtotal Manufacturing Costs 725 265,000 725 312,000 725 342,950 0% 10%

Indirect Manufacturing Support 1,170 $313,750 1,200 $318,000 1,135 $253,666 -5% -20%

Total Manufacturing Activity Costs 1,895 578,750 1,925 630,000 1,860 596,616 -3% -5%

Currency Reader Coupon Program 0 $0 0 $0 2 $69,357

Total Expenses/Obligations 1,895 578,750 1,925 630,000 1,862 665,973 -3% 6%

Net Results ERR $0ERR $0ERR $0 0%

Federal Reserve Notes Manufactured (in 

Billions)

5.7 8.4 7.0 -17%

Capital Investments $55,000 $60,000 $50,000 -17%

1B – Mission Priorities and Context

In support of Treasury‟s strategic goal of “Enhance U.S. Competitiveness and Promote 

International Financial Stability and Balanced Global Growth”, the mission of the Bureau of 

Engraving and Printing (BEP) is to develop and produce United States currency notes, trusted 

worldwide. 

FY 2013 Priorities

 Achieve BEP‟s strategic goals - Produce U.S. currency that functions flawlessly in 

commerce; create innovative currency designs to provide effective counterfeit deterrence and 

meaningful access to currency note usage for all; organizational excellence and customer 

satisfaction through balanced investment in people, processes, facilities, and technology.

 Product quality - Produce and deliver currency notes ordered by the Federal Reserve Board 

that consistently meet the customer‟s high quality standards. 
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 Counterfeit Deterrence – Conduct research and development, collaborate with key 

stakeholders, in order to deter counterfeiting and maintain public trust in the security and 

reliability of U.S. currency notes.

 Meaningful Access – Assist users of U.S. currency, including the blind and visually 

impaired, with the use and denomination of currency. 

Context

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing began printing currency in 1862. The Bureau operates on 

the basis of authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by 31 U.S.C. 321(a) (4) to 

engrave and print currency and other security documents. Operations are financed through a 

revolving fund established in 1950 in accordance with Public Law 81-656. This fund is 

reimbursed for direct and indirect costs of operations, including administrative expenses, through 

product sales. In 1977, Public Law 95-81 authorized the Bureau to include an amount sufficient 

to fund capital investment and to meet working capital requirements in the prices charged for 

products, eliminating the need for appropriations from Congress.

BEP‟s strategic goals are to produce U.S. currency that functions flawlessly in commerce; create 

innovative currency designs to provide effective counterfeit deterrence and meaningful access to 

currency note usage for all; and achieve organizational excellence and customer satisfaction 

through balanced investment in people, processes, facilities, and technology. The Bureau also 

provides technical assistance and advice to other Federal agencies in the design and production 

of documents which require counterfeit deterrent features, due to their innate value or other 

characteristics. Other activities at the Bureau include engraving plates and dies; manufacturing 

inks used to print security products; purchasing materials, supplies and equipment; and storing 

and delivering products in accordance with customer requirements. 

The Bureau produces the paper currency notes ordered by the Federal Reserve Board. During 

FY 2013, BEP expects to produce and deliver 7.0 billion notes to the Federal Reserve Board to 

meet currency demand. This represents an approximate 20 percent reduction in the number of 

notes produced from the 8.4 billion note program expected to be delivered in the FY 2012 

program. However, in order to meet international demand, the anticipated denominations ordered 

will be the more costly higher denominated notes.

The importance of producing and delivering currency of consistently high quality, note after

note, cannot be overstated, especially for the redesigned $100 note. The prevalent use of the 

$100 note throughout the world and its global reputation as a store of value requires the 

production of the new $100 note to continue at increased levels through 2013. Increased 

production of the redesigned $100 note is in support of the transition from old note designs to 

new designs and to meet demand in the U.S. and abroad. It is estimated by the Federal Reserve

that as many as two-thirds of all $100 notes circulate outside the United States. The redesign of 

the $100 note marked the completion of a multi-year initiative to implement the most ambitious 

currency redesign in United States history. 
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Over the last decade, research and development of new technologies for use in currency note

production has become a priority at the Bureau as more sophisticated counterfeit deterrent 

features are needed to protect future generations of currency notes. Via its website 

www.bep.gov, BEP seeks information about obtaining, testing and evaluating technologies or 

materials that may have potential application in the development of new counterfeit deterrent 

features in currency notes. Technologies or materials submitted for consideration are reviewed 

for inherent and relative effectiveness as potential new security features. They are also reviewed

for compatibility with design and production factors, for durability, environmental acceptability,

and for processing requirements. After obtaining submitter approval, BEP may also request 

experts working under government contracts to provide technical evaluation and adversarial 

analysis of possible counterfeit deterrent features. These features of interest include ink 

(intaglio, typographic and off-set) and ink additives, alternate and traditional substrates (paper or 

other media), substrate additives, design elements or techniques, diffractive, reflective, or other 

optically variable materials, laminated materials, hot-stamped materials, and others.

BEP supports a comprehensive anti-counterfeiting program built around aggressive law 

enforcement, effective note design, and public education. The Bureau will continue its work in 

2013 with the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrent (ACD) Steering Committee to research and 

develop future currency designs that will enhance and protect U.S. currency notes. The ACD 

Committee includes representatives from BEP, the Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Secret 

Service, and the Federal Reserve Board.

Work will continue in FY 2013 on the goal of enabling the Nation‟s currency to better serve 

domestic and international users, including the blind and visually impaired. The Bureau will be 

incorporating features into the next redesign of currency that will assist every American to better 

use and denominate currency. BEP will continue its efforts to research and develop tactile 

features that will enhance future note designs. Testing and refinement of features will continue to 

determine which processes and features work best at the production volumes needed for U.S. 

currency. While no timetable has been set for the introduction of this currency, the next redesign 

will incorporate changes to make U.S. currency more accessible to those who are blind and 

visually impaired. As discussed below, the Bureau is also seeking legislative authority to 

facilitate a currency reader program designed to provide meaningful access to US currency prior 

to the introduction of a tactile feature.

The FY 2013 Budget proposes to authorize the Bureau to implement a coupon program to 

distribute currency readers as a cheaper and more efficient alternative to the agency‟s existing 

authority to loan the readers. Currently, BEP can loan currency readers to the blind and visually 

impaired public under its general authorities. However, BEP has data suggesting that the cost of 

administrative resources needed to implement such a loan program would be significant and that, 

alternatively, a coupon program that would fund public purchases of readers would be much 

more cost-efficient. BEP anticipates that a coupon program could be approximately half as 

expensive as the loan program. Under a loan program, BEP would be required to maintain an 

inventory of currency reader devices loaned to the public, and conduct periodic checks to ensure 

the condition of the devices, incurring costs and an inconvenience to the visually disabled 

community. Under a coupon program, BEP would not be required to buy, maintain, distribute 

and account for an inventory of currency reader devices, nor would it need to incur the cost of 
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tracking the devices during the time they are on loan. Additionally, under a coupon program, 

United States citizens and legal residents who are blind or visually impaired could apply for 

coupons that would be credited toward the cost of a currency reader purchased directly from a 

commercial vendor and paid for through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing‟s revolving fund. 

Initial discussions with the Federal Reserve Board Staff indicate that the Board supports the

coupon program as the most cost effective method to improve meaningful access for the blind 

and visually impaired. Implementation of a coupon program, however, would require BEP to be 

granted specific statutory authority to do so. Without this legislative authority, the program is 

expected to cost $122 million in FY 2013.
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Section 2 – Budget Adjustments and Appropriation Language

2.1 – Budget Adjustments Table

Dollars in Thousands

Bureau of Engraving and Printing FTE Amount

FY 2012 Estimated 1,925 $630,000

Changes to Base:

Maintaining Current Levels (MCLs): - $7,553

Maintaining Current Levels - $7,553

Efficiency Savings: (65) ($46,037)

Reduced Labor and Benefits Costs Due to Attrition Without Backfill (25) ($3,855)

Manufacturing Support Suite/Lean Six Sigma - ($2,500)

Spoilage Reduction Savings - ($1,000)

Productivity Improvements/Overtime Reduction - ($1,000)

Energy Savings - ($250)

Reduce $1 Currency Note Cost of Production - ($15,000)

Defer Selected Capital Improvements - ($13,000)

Separation Incentives (40) ($2,800)

Contract Savings - ($2,800)

Reduce Non-Critical Travel and Training - ($2,000)

Reduction in Public Tour Hours and Related Contractor Costs - ($1,832)

Subtotal FY 2013 Changes to Base (65) ($38,484)

Total FY 2013 Base 1,860 $591,516

Program Increases: 2 $74,457

Expected increase in Next Generation $100 Currency Note Production - $5,100

Currency Reader Coupon Program 2 $69,357

Total FY 2013 Estimated 1,862 $665,973

2A – Budget Increases and Decreases Description

Maintaining Current Levels (MCLs) ......................................................+$7,553,000 / +0 FTE

Maintaining Current Levels +$7,553,000 / +0 FTE 

Funds are requested for inflation adjustments (1.7 percent) in non-labor expenses such as GSA 

rent adjustments, postage, supplies and equipment and health benefits and the increase in Federal 

Employees Retirement System participation. Funds are also requested for the proposed 2013 pay 

raise (0.5 percent).

Efficiency Savings ...................................................................................-$46,037,000 / -65 FTE

Reduced Labor and Benefits Costs Due to Attrition Without Backfill -$3,855,000 / -25 FTE 

By not backfilling certain targeted employee vacancies, BEP plans for cost savings in labor and 

benefits, without any loss in production capability.

Manufacturing Support Suite/Lean Six Sigma -$2,500,000 / +0 FTE 

Savings as a result of improved business practices enabled by new management and financial 

systems as well as targeted Lean Six Sigma projects.

Spoilage Reduction Savings -$1,000,000 / +0 FTE 

BEP and the paper supplier have a better understanding of the operating parameters necessary to 

optimize the quality of currency notes (acceptable ranges for humidity, temperature, etc in both 

papermaking and the printing process). Lessons learned from paper optimization trials for the 

NexGen $100 creasing challenges will be applied to the production of other currency 
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denominations. This should result in improved operational performance and reduce spoilage 

across all denominations.

Productivity Improvements/Overtime Reduction -$1,000,000 / +0 FTE 

By employing new production technologies BEP plans for increased productivity requiring less 

overtime worked.

Energy Savings -$250,000 / +0 FTE 

Energy Savings will be gained by employing new production technologies. BEP‟s retooling 

efforts have replaced older and less efficient equipment with newer, safer, more energy efficient,

and more productive and reliable equipment.

Reduce $1 Currency Note Cost of Production -$15,000,000 / +0 FTE 

BEP will be moving to 50 subject note processing which will cut production costs for the $1 note 

program. The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) implemented a new policy which will result in an 

increase in the circulation life of the note which will translate into a reduction of the FRB‟s 

annual order. This cut assumes that the impact of the FRB policy will enable the FRB to reduce 

its annual order for the $1 note for 2013. Underutilized production equipment capacity may 

result depending on the FRB‟s 2013 order for higher denominations.

Defer Selected Capital Improvements -$13,000,000 / +0 FTE 

Deferring selected capital improvements for BEP‟s Washington DC facility pending the outcome 

of the BEP facility study will likely have little or no impact on BEP‟s primary mission.

Separation Incentives -$2,800,000 / -40 FTE 

By making the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VSIP) or Voluntary Early Retirement 

Authority (VERA) available to employees BEP hopes to accelerate current right-sizing efforts. 

Contract Savings -$2,800,000 / +0 FTE 

A value based decision, reducing the level of service of certain contracts would result in cost 

savings.

Reduce Non-Critical Travel and Training -$2,000,000 / +0 FTE 

Cost savings will be achieved by leveraging on-line training and reducing temporary duty travel 

to support only mission critical requirements.

Reduction in Public Tour Hours and Related Contractor Costs -$1,832,000 / +0 FTE 

Reducing the number of operational hours on selected days at BEP‟s public tour in Fort Worth, 

Texas will result in cost savings with limited impact to the visiting public. The public tour hours 

in Washington DC will remain unchanged. This scheduling change has no impact on BEP‟s 

primary mission of developing and producing United States currency notes, trusted worldwide.

Program Increases ..................................................................................+$74,457,000 / +2 FTE

Currency Reader Coupon Program +$69,357,000 / +2 FTE 

The FY 2013 Budget funds the implementation of the BEP legislative proposal – “Currency 

Reader Coupon Program”. The funding request is based on a population estimate of five million 
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blind or visually impaired people of the United States. The program will be managed in-house 

and it is estimated that 40% of the blind population and 10% of the visually impaired population 

will request a coupon for a free currency reader. The fully loaded cost per reader is estimated at 

$150 at the implementation start.

Expected increase in Next Generation $100 Currency Note Production +$5,100,000 / +0 FTE 

In order to meet increased international demand for $100 notes, the FY 2013 order is expected to 

include a higher number of these costly notes than previously anticipated.
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2.2 – Operating Levels Table 

Dollars in Thousands

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Actual Estimated Estimated

FTE 1,895 1,925 1,862

Object Classification

11.1 - Full-time permanent 165,000 167,750 162,479

11.3 - Other than full-time permanent 1,500 1,750 750

11.5 - Other personnel compensation 2,500 2,500 1,250

11.6 - Overtime 18,000 17,500 5,500

11.9 Personnel Compensation (Total) 187,000 189,500 169,979

12 - Personnel benefits 50,000 50,500 47,455

21 - Travel and transportation of persons 1,700 2,000 1,500

22 - Transportation of things 300 500 250

23.1 - Rental payments to GSA 2,000 2,000 2,000

23.2 - Rental payments to others 1,000 1,000 1,000

23.3 - Communication, utilities, and misc charges 14,000 14,000 13,750

24 - Printing and reproduction 750 750 500

25.1 - Advisory and assistance services 7,000 4,000 4,000

25.2 - Other services 43,000 43,250 110,250

25.4 - Operation and maintenance of facilities 9,000 9,500 8,750

25.5 - Research and development contracts 4,000 5,000 5,000

25.7 - Operation and maintenance of equip 10,000 9,750 9,250

26 - Supplies and materials 193,000 238,000 242,039

31 - Equipment 55,750 60,000 50,000

42 - Insurance claims and indemnities 250 250 250

Total Budget Authority 578,750 630,000 665,973

Budget Activities:

Manufacturing 517,750 630,000 665,973

Protection and Accountability of Assets 61,000 0 0

Total Budget Authority 578,750 630,000 665,973
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2B – Appropriations Language and Explanation of Changes

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing receives no appropriated funds from Congress. 

2C – Legislative Proposals

Cooperative Efforts

For FY 2013, Treasury proposes to remove section 113 from the FY 2012 bill which requires 

approval of Congressional committees prior to implementing cooperative arrangements between 

the United States Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). This change would 

increase Treasury‟s flexibility to use the Economy Act to implement potential cooperative efforts 

such as shared administrative services that could reduce unnecessary duplication of effort and 

thus improve cost efficiency at the BEP and at the United States Mint. Treasury would still 

consult with the Committees on any major reorganization as required by section 608.

[SEC. 113. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act 

or source to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the 

United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 

of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval 

of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate.] 

Currency Readers

The FY 2013 Budget proposes to authorize the Bureau to implement a coupon program to 

distribute currency readers as a cheaper and more efficient alternative to the agency‟s existing 

authority to loan the readers.

In October 2008 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Civil Action No. 

02-0684 (JR) “American Council of the Blind, et al.; Plaintiffs, vs. Henry M. Paulson, Jr., 

Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant”) ruled that the Department of the Treasury and BEP must

provide meaningful access to the denomination of U.S. currency notes for blind and visually 

impaired U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents (meaningful access). The Department 

submitted its recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury, who approved them on May 31, 

2011. The Department reported these recommendations to the Court in a status report in 

September 2011. 

The recommendations include a program to distribute currency readers to blind and other 

visually impaired persons, and the inclusion of raised tactile features and high-contrast numerals 

that would help them distinguish the denominations of U.S. currency notes. As BEP continues to 

develop tactile features and high contrast numerals, the currency reader program would serve as 

an interim measure to assist the blind and visually impaired with currency note denomination 

during a period while notes both with and without tactile features and high contrast numerals cocirculate. The program would provide eligible individuals with a currency reader at no cost to 

the user.

BEP can currently loan readers to the public under its general authorities, but the cost to 

implement a loan program would be significant and an alternative coupon program to fund 
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public purchases of readers would be much more cost-efficient. Under a coupon program, United 

States citizens and legal residents who are blind or visually impaired could apply for coupons 

that would be credited toward the cost of a currency reader purchased directly from a 

commercial vendor and paid for through BEP‟s revolving fund. BEP anticipates a coupon 

program could be approximately half as expensive as the loan program. Initial discussions with 

the Federal Reserve Board indicate that the Board supports the coupon program as the most cost 

effective method to improve meaningful access. Implementation of a coupon program, however, 

would require BEP to be granted specific statutory authority to do so. Without this legislative 

authority, the program is expected to cost $122 million in FY 2013.

Sec. 121. Subchapter IV of chapter 51 of Title 31, United States Code, is hereby amended by 

adding after section 5144 the following:

Sec. 5145 Currency Reader Program

The Secretary of the Treasury may implement and administer a Currency Reader Program 

through which a United States resident, who is blind or visually impaired, may obtain a coupon 

that can be applied toward the purchase of a device to denominate United States currency.

Amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund described in section 5142 of title 31, 

United States Code, shall be available to pay for expenses of this program. The Secretary shall 

include these expenses in the cost charged to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System for the services of meeting the Board’s order for new notes.
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Section 3 – Budget and Performance Report and Plan

3A – Manufacturing 

($665,973,000 from revenue/offsetting collections): 

The BEP has one budget activity: Manufacturing. This budget activity supports all of BEP‟s 

strategic goals. 

The goal owner for the Manufacturing budget activity is BEP‟s Deputy Director Pamela 

Gardiner.

Description of Performance:

Manufacturing Costs for Currency (dollar cost per 1,000 notes produced) is an indicator of 

manufacturing efficiency and effectiveness of program management. This measure is based on 

contracted price factors and anticipated productivity improvements, as well as the mix of 

denominations ordered year to year. As more sophisticated counterfeit deterrent design features 

are produced, paper and ink costs increase, resulting in increased total manufacturing costs. 

Actual performance against standard cost depends on BEP‟s ability to meet annual spoilage, 

efficiency, and capacity utilization goals. In order to meet this measure, costs and other standard 

manufacturing performance metrics are tracked at each stage of production and corrections are 

made on the shop floor. In addition, production and quality metrics are discussed on a monthly 

basis at the executive level and corrective action plans are developed. The manufacturing cost of 

currency metric has performed at or better than its annual targets for the past seven years. In 

2011 the cost of manufacturing was lower than anticipated, as the actual result realized for this 

measure was $34.60 per 1,000 notes produced against a goal of $39.00. This was primarily due 

to the suspension of production on the new $100 Note, pending the outcome of collaboration 

with major stakeholders. It is anticipated that as the production of these notes resumes, the 

overall cost of manufacturing will increase. The performance goals for both 2012 and 2013 

reflect the increased production of high cost redesigned $100 notes as a proportion of the total 

annual order, and are set at $48.00 in 2012 and at $50.00 per 1,000 notes produced in 2013. 

Percent of currency notes returned due to defects is an indicator of the Bureau‟s ability to 

provide a quality product. All notes delivered to the Federal Reserve go through rigorous quality 

inspections during the manufacturing process. In addition, notes are inspected a final time using 

the same inspection systems used at the Federal Reserve Banks. These inspections ensure that all 

counterfeit deterrent features, both overt and covert, are functioning as designed. BEP‟s FY 

2011 target for this performance metric was .0001 percent and BEP was able to meet the target. 

An infinitesimal number of notes are returned due to defects; In FY 2011 only 1,007 notes were 

returned out of the 5.8 billion notes produced. BEP anticipates similar results in the future, and 

BEP‟s target for this performance metric will be held constant at .0001 percent for FY 2012 and 

FY 2013.

BEP‟s Best Places to Work in Federal Government Ranking is a based on the results of the 

Partnership for Public Service data on three questions in the Federal Employee Viewpoint 

Survey. This survey is sent annually to all Federal employees seeking their opinion on their 

organization‟s leadership and programs relating to fairness, employee empowerment and 

recognition. BEP‟s performance plan for this metric was to improve its ranking of 219 out of 224 
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in FY 2010 by 20 places in FY 2011. The actual 2011 ranking improved by 45 places to 174 out 

of 240. The Bureau continues to sponsor activities and encourage employee engagement by 

contributing ideas and participation in events which are aimed at improving the work 

environment for all employees. The Bureau will continue these efforts and is confident that this 

positive direction will continue. BEP will continue to target achievement of an improvement in 

rank by getting into the top 100. 

Reduction in Regulated Waste (Millions of pounds of regulated air emissions, wastewater, and 

solid waste combined) is a quantitative indicator of the effectiveness of BEP environmental 

programs, which are assessed through the BEP ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management 

System (EMS). This reflects the maturation of the EMS as well as the Bureau‟s commitment to 

continually improve its Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) performance, as both of the 

Bureau‟s two manufacturing facilities received unconditional recertification to the ISO 14001 

standard in FY 2011. BEP‟s FY 2011 performance for this new metric will become the baseline 

for the FY 2012 performance target.

Lost Time Accident Rate per 100 Employees measures the Bureau‟s ability to reduce injuries 

and illnesses in the workplace. BEP‟s key performance indicator is the annual Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration‟s (OSHA) reportable lost time case rate and number of lost 

workdays. In 2011 BEP‟s lost time case rate decreased favorably by more than 25 percent

during the fiscal year to 1.4 against a target of 1.7 cases per 100 employees. The Bureau remains 

committed to improving the safety of its employees and has undertaken analysis to determine the 

root causes of injury and to identify best practices in safety. BEP will continue to allocate 

resources to have the greatest impact on preventing future injuries. BEP‟s target for this 

performance metric will be held constant at 1.7 per 100 employees for FY 2012 and FY 2013.

The 2013 Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings (CCS) Volume of the President's Budget identifies 

the lower-priority program activities under the GPRA Modernization Act, 31 U.S.C. 

1115(b)(10). The public can access the volume at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget.
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3.1.1 – Manufacturing Budget and Performance Report and Plan

Dollars in Thousands 

Manufacturing Budget Activity

Resource Level FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Estimate Estimate

 Revenue/Offsetting Collections $445,000 $493,000 $476,700 $469,000 $555,000 $517,750 $630,000 $665,973

Total Resources $445,000 $493,000 $476,700 $469,000 $555,000 $517,750 $630,000 $665,973

Budget Activity Total $445,000 $493,000 $476,700 $469,000 $555,000 $517,750 $630,000 $665,973

Measure FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Target Target

Best places to work in Federal 

Government ranking 

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 174 154 134

Lost time accident rate per 

100 employees 

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1.4 1.7 1.7

Manufacturing Costs For 

Currency (Dollar Costs Per 

Thousand Notes Produced) 

($) 

27.49 28.71 29.47 32.77 44.85 34.6 48.0 50.0

Percent of currency notes 

delivered returned due to 

defects 

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A .0 .0 .0

Reduction to BEP's three 

major regulated waste 

streams (air emissions, 

wastewater, and solid waste)

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 32.7 32.7 30

Key: DISC - Discontinued and B - Baseline
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3B – Protection and Accountability of Assets 

($0 from revenue/offsetting collections): 

The Department of the Treasury eliminated the Protection and Accountability budget activity and 

consolidated it into the Manufacturing budget activity beginning in FY 2012. The Department 

determined that the Protection and Accountability budget activity failed to serve a meaningful 

purpose on a standalone basis and unnecessarily complicated budgetary and other financial 

reporting. 

This budget activity contained two measures: currency shipment discrepancies and security costs 

per 1000 notes delivered. 

The measure currency shipment discrepancies per million notes delivered was discontinued in 

FY 2010, as the Department of the Treasury found that a new measure, percent of currency notes 

returned due to defects, is a better indicator of product quality as seen by the Federal Reserve. 

The older measure referred to product overages or shortages of as little as a single currency note 

in shipments of finished notes to the Federal Reserve Banks. The target was very difficult to 

achieve, given the number of currency notes produced and the speed at which the notes are 

processed, however, the Bureau was able to meet or exceed this target on a regular basis.

The measure security cost per 1,000 notes delivered was discontinued in FY 2010 because over 

time, the Department of the Treasury found it to be of limited usefulness.

3.1.2 – Protection and Accountability of Assets Budget and Performance Report and Plan

Dollars in Thousands 

Protection and Accountability of Assets Budget Activity

Resource Level FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Estimate Estimate

 Revenue/Offsetting Collections $61,000 $63,000 $61,500 $62,000 $61,000 $61,000 $0 $0

Total Resources $61,000 $63,000 $61,500 $62,000 $61,000 $61,000 $0 $0

Budget Activity Total $61,000 $63,000 $61,500 $62,000 $61,000 $61,000 $0 $0

Detailed information about each performance measure, including definition, verification and 

validation is available.
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Section 4 – Supplemental Information

4A – Capital Investment Strategy

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing‟s capital investment strategy includes several broad 

investment categories with more specific projects in each category.

The Bureau‟s mission to develop and produce US Currency notes, trusted worldwide demands 

the BEP continually improve its manufacturing processes by investing in new technologies and 

innovations. In concert, the Bureau is also in the process of completing a multi-year investment 

in state of the art printing, electronic inspection and finishing equipment for the Washington, DC 

and Fort Worth, Texas facilities.

The technological sophistication of the manufacturing platforms being acquired will require a 

commensurate investment in the Bureau‟s employees and its information technology to ensure 

that the Bureau‟s quality management system meets the demands of the 21st century. This will 

enable nearly all of the Bureau‟s production related business decisions to be driven by near realtime manufacturing performance metrics.

BEP places a high priority on capital investments that ensure employee safety and comply with 

environmental and regulatory standards. In this regard the Bureau is moving forward with a plan 

to accelerate its progress toward a green operation by implementing a wiping solution recycling 

system in the Washington, DC facility to reclaim approximately 95% of the water-based wiping 

solution that is integral to the Bureau‟s intaglio printing process. Recycling the wiping solution 

will save approximately 12 million gallons of water annually. In addition to water savings, the 

project will reduce the quantity of chemicals used to produce the wiping solution as well as the 

amount of energy required for solution heating. The total savings for water, chemicals, and 

energy is projected to be approximately $1 million annually.

The Bureau is also focused on building the capability to produce new currency designs with 

tactile features to provide meaningful access to US currency for the blind and visually impaired. 

The Bureau is acquiring a single commercial silk screen press to test the technology‟s capability 

to meet this need. Extensive market research was launched to identify potential methods of 

giving meaningful access and additional security features to U.S. banknotes and it was 

determined that the screen printing press was the best solution for developing new banknote 

features in the future. 

BEP uses sophisticated information technology (IT) and IT-embedded investments (i.e. 

sophisticated manufacturing and inspection equipment) in supporting the technical development 

and manufacturing of Federal Reserve notes.

BEP participates as a partner in significant Treasury-wide enterprise level investments such as 

TNet (a Department-wide network to allow bureaus to leverage shared services), Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive-12, HRConnect (a Human Resources Line of Business service 

provider) and the Treasury Learning Management System (TLMS).
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The Bureau‟s IT portfolio includes a „cloud first‟ approach to implementing business systems.

The Oracle eBusiness Suite is an integrated manufacturing suite which runs at the Oracle 

Corporation‟s “Federal on Demand” Shared Service Center in Austin, Texas.

A summary of capital investment resources, including major information technology and nontechnology investments is available.