Home » Summary of Budget Request » Special Interests » Account Narratives » Central Programs » Africa » Asia and Near East » Europe and Eurasia » Latin America and the Caribbean » Summary Tables »   Statement of the Administrator Summary of FY 2007 Budget Request Management Improvements USAID Support Budget Operating Expenses Capital Investment Fund Working Capital Fund Operating Expenses, Inspector General Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund CBJ FY 07 Home Page Glossary Abbreviations and Acronyms Country Profile Definitions Previous Years' Activities 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Get Acrobat Reader... Search for information in the FY 2007 Congressional Budget Justification:     You are here » Home » Policy » Budget » CBJ 2007 » Central Programs Capital Investment Fund USAID utilizes the Capital Investment Fund to modernize and improve information technology (IT) systems and finance construction of USAID buildings overseas in conjunction with the Department of State (DoS). Prior to FY 2003, the Operating Expense (OE) account funded these activities. These no-year funds provide greater flexibility to manage investments in technology systems and facility construction not allowed by the annual OE appropriation. Capital Investment Fund ($ in thousands) Category FY 2004 Actual FY 2005 Actual FY 2006 Estimate FY 2007 Request Information Technology 19,882 33,530 21,200 29,300 Overseas Facilities 61,883 26,400 48,100 102,500 Supplemental 16,600       Total Obligations 98,315 59,930 69,300 131,800 Information Technology (IT) Separating improvement funds from on-going operations funds allows the Agency funding certainty independent of operational cost fluctuations. In FY 2007, USAID will support the following IT systems and infrastructure initiatives:   FY 2004 Actual FY 2005 Actual FY 2006 Estimate FY 2007 Request IT Systems Joint Assistance Management System     5,000 10,000 Joint Financial Management System   1,000 6,500 5,407 Financial System Integration (Phoenix) 12,000 13,300 2,600   Procurement System Improvement 2,500 9,447     Human Resources Information System       500 Executive Information System   442   3,600 President's Management Agenda 2,082 3,043 2,900 4,900 Subtotal IT Systems 16,582 27,232 17,000 24,407 IT Infrastructure USAID/DOS Infrastructure Collaboration   3,543   2,893 IT Technology Refresh     4,200 Subtotal IT Infrastructure 0 3,543 4,200 2,893 IT Architecture and Planning Business Systems Modernization Through Enterprise Architecture 3,300 1,932     Joint State/USAID Enterprise Architecture   823   2,000 Subtotal IT Architecture and Planning 3,300 2,755 0 0 TOTAL 19,882 33,530 21,200 29,300

IT Systems

Joint Assistance Management System: Under the Joint Assistance Management Systems (JAMS) project, USAID and the Department of State will use a common platform to build a comprehensive assistance management system to support the planning, collaboration, tracking, and administering of assistance awards. This will enable USAID and DoS to manage successfully international economic development and foreign and humanitarian assistance programs.

Joint Financial Management System: Under the Joint Financial Management System, USAID and DoS will use a common technical platform to manage all domestic and overseas financial management activities starting in FY 2006. This will be a first step in a transition to a financial management line of business that will provide financial-processing services for all foreign affairs agencies.

Human Resources Information System: To support the Human Capital Strategy and meet the OPM mandate to support the workforce with modern and secure infrastructure and operational capacities, the Agency will provide funds to begin work on transforming its Human Resources Information System (HRIS) architecture to an integrated IT platform that supports worldwide HR operations. This will require supporting many new initiatives, such as Enterprise Human Resources Integration, implementation of a Learning Management System, AVUE, implementation and deployment of the Web.PASS Post Personnel Module, association with an HR Line of Business Service Provider, development of an HRIS Portal, and the introduction of new automation and integration tools to improve overall HR effectiveness and efficiency.

Executive Information System: This investment will establish the scalable technology architecture foundation and the organizational and business process framework for an Agency-wide Executive Information System (EIS), to work in concert with the Joint Planning and Performance System (JPPS) being developed by the Department of State. The EIS will be an "information bridge" that provides connection between the data from multiple Agency systems of record to provide data analysis, trending, and static reporting capabilities. The EIS will use the Enterprise Architecture to map the relationship of data to business needs, enabling the Agency to meet information needs at the executive level by building on data used to meet business needs at lower levels, such as field support.

President's Management Agenda: The President's Management Agenda investment funds Agency-wide implementation of Presidential Initiatives, including cross-agency e-Gov investments, e-Authentication, and Line of Business initiatives. It also leverages e-Gov investments unique to the USAID mission and supports modernization and internal alignment that will enable the Agency to implement its strategic partnership with State, as reflected in the Joint Strategic Plan and Joint Enterprise Architecture.

IT Infrastructure

IT Architecture and Planning

Joint State/USAID Enterprise Architecture: Together with funding requested for the Department of State, this funding will support the use, application and expansion of the State/USAID Joint Enterprise Architecture (JEA) in support of Joint Management Council (JMC) efforts to eliminate duplication and promote business process improvements. The JEA will be used to systematically map business functions within each Agency, across both organizations, across the foreign affairs community, and government wide. Business case analysis will then be conducted to determine how functions can be performed more efficiently and effectively, either within or across existing organizations. Finally, implementation plans will be developed to move business processes from their current state, toward more efficient and effective future states. The use of the enterprise architecture methodology, which will not be used solely to examine IT investments, is an important part of the JMC's efforts to increase collaboration between USAID and the State Department.

Facilities Construction

The Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 requires the construction of new USAID office facilities to be collocated on embassy compounds when new embassies are constructed. The FY 2007 request of $102.5 million will support full USAID participation in the third year of the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program.

In FY 2007, the following seven new embassy compounds are scheduled in countries with USAID presence: Bujumbura, Burundi; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (separate annex); Antananarivo, Madagascar (separate annex); Belgrade, Serbia; Manila, Philippines; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Lusaka, Zambia. Of this total, $3.0 million will fund the relocation of USAID/Guatemala to a secure interim office building per a security threat analysis. This funding is critical to provide secure, safe and functional workspaces for USAID employees and comply with the Act of 1999.

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