The Department of the Army has informed the Library that it is increasing by 50 percent charges for Military Postal Service. This will require an additional $52,000. (3) Local telephone ... + $ 11,300 A current level increase of $11,300 is requested to recover costs experienced in fiscal 1980 and anticipated to occur in 1981 to provide local telephone service. (4) Long distance telephone ... + $ 8,730 A current level increase of $8,730 is requested for recovery of long distance telephone costs experienced in fiscal 1980. Usage costs are based on Federal Telecommunications Service (FTS) samplings and actual calls placed commercially. (5) Rental of equipment ..... $ 4,600 This amount provides for the rental of a variety of equipment, but the major cost is for the rental of word processing machines. An increase of $4,600 is requested to maintain the current level costs of equipment rental. This represents an increase of 12 percent and is based on anticipated rate increases forecast in fiscal 1981 by major equipment-leasing vendors. (6) Printing + $ 1,060 The Government Printing Office advised government agencies on May 2, 1980, in its of 9 percent in fiscal 1982 over the costs for fiscal 1981. Circular Letter No. 179, that it is forecasting an increase in government printing costs therefore requested and is based on that GPO forecast. An increase of $1,060 is 21. An increase of 8 percent in the rates for photoduplication services has been forecast based on increases experienced in the costs of labor and materials in fiscal 1980. An increase of $5,900 is therefore requested to compensate for these inflationary increases. (8) Foreign Affairs Administrative Support +$ 15,000 Based upon the State Department's estimate of an increase during fiscal 1982 in (9) Training + $ 2,835 An analysis of tuition fees charged by local colleges and universities attended by Library of Congress employees indicates that the fees have increased approximately 11.7 percent from the 1978/1979 school year to the 1979/1980 school year. Based on that analysis, an increase of $2,835 is requested. (10) Repairs to equipment + $ 161 In recent years the Library has acquired highly complicated equipment which can only be repaired by skilled technicians. Labor charges for these repair technicians have approximately doubled in the past three years. In order to maintain the current level of equipment repairs, $161 is requested to cover the higher costs of skilled technicians and a general 15 percent increase in the cost of repair contracts experienced between fiscal 1979 and fiscal 1980. 22. The Library experienced an increase of 10 percent in the costs of supplies and materials in fiscal 1980. A current level increase of $2,500 is therefore requested to offset these inflationary costs. Overseas A total of $64,709 is requested to offset inflationary increases in the cost of maintaining the Library's overseas regional acquisitions centers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, and Kenya. This amount has been computed on the basis of local rates of inflation reported by the American embassies abroad. Current level 22 Transportation of Things ......... 22A. Transportation of Things ......... 22B. Transportation of Household Effects 23 Rent, Utilities, Communications .. 23A. Postage ...... 43,515 $ 51,300 $ 7,785 $ 7,785 63,700 76,400 12,700 12,700 16,175 19,400 3,225 3,225 525 525 23A-1 Postage - Military Postal Service 238. Local Telephone 23C. Long Distance Telephone ........ 1,304,000 1,304,000 24L. Offset Reproduction 165 200 35 35 |