Budget - National Nuclear Security Administration

Detailed Justification(dollars in thousands)FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011Salaries and Benefits 282,096 306,644 321,149Provides support for a NNSA Federal staff level of 1,970 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) under theNNSA’s Pay for Performance Demonstration Project. Funding includes annual cost of livingadjustments of 1.4 percent, performance based salary increases (up to 3 percent), promotions,performance awards, severance costs, health and retirement benefits, workman’s compensationpayments, and other payroll adjustments.Provides Salaries and Benefits funding to support the Future Leaders Program (the sixth class of NNSAinterns is planned to come on board at the end of the 3 rd quarter of FY 2010). The Future LeadersProgram funds the interns for two years, during which time they are not counted against a site’smanaged staffing targets. After the two years, the interns are absorbed into the staffing allocations atthe receiving locations.Travel 15,412 14,912 15,495Supports domestic and foreign travel necessary to conduct NNSA business. Domestic travel providesmanagement oversight, public outreach, and national security assistance and interface with the SiteOffices, the Service Center, Headquarters, the laboratories and plants, and local governments.Domestic travel reflects efficiencies resulting from NNSA efforts to constrain travel expenses byincreasing utilization of the existing video teleconferencing capabilities, further reducing multipleemployees on trips, and assuring that travel is absolutely mission essential.International travel is increasing consistent with the DNN mission growth. It is a key element of thenonproliferation work with international agencies and the former Soviet Union republics, and otherInternational partners. DNN travel accounts for 45 percent of the total NNSA travel request.Support Services 25,378 21,678 23,256Provides technical support for highly specialized analytical expertise required to address criticaltechnical program issues in nonproliferation and national security including areas of security, facilityrepresentatives, environment, safety and health, and project management. (FY 2011: $8,177,759)Administrative support includes the operation of mailrooms and maintenance of various databases inaddition to clerical support. (FY 2011: $12,495,925)Funding requested provides management support for studies and reviews of NNSA corporate policiesand procedures concerning management operations and planning. (FY 2011: $2,582,128)Office of the Administrator/Program DirectionPage 30FY 2011 Congressional Budget