STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE ALAN GREEN, JR. CHAIRMAN FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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• Publication Date: February 28, 1985
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STATEMENT OF
THE HONORABLE ALAN GREEN, JR.
CHAIRMAN
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 28, 1985
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee. I am pleased
to appear before you today to present for your review and
consideration the Fiscal Year 1986 budget estimates for the
Federal Maritime Commission.
With me today are Mr. Rusty Johnston, my personal Counsel,
Mr. Robert D. Bourgoin, the General Counsel, and Mr. Frederick F.
Trutkoff. Director of the Office of Budget and Financial
Management.
Our fiscal year 1986 budget estimate in the amount of
$11,606,000 provides funding for 212 total workyears of
employment. This estimate is a reduction of $686,000 and 27
workyears below the $12,292,000 and 239 workyears.budgeted for
1985. This reduction is comprised of $586,000 for personal
services and $100,000 for administrative expenses.
Mr. Chairman, while this is a significant reduction from our
current authorized levels, our actual personnel levels are
approximately 225. I make mention of this for several reasons.
First we are making significant progress toward obtaining this
goal not by waiting until FY 86 to achieve it but by starting now
in this fiscal year. Thus with the proper planning, this 212
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workyear allocation is obtainable without RIF's which, as you
know, are not only demoralizing and disruptive but initially very
costly. Second, by making these reductions now we were able to
absorb $290,000 for pay increases which went into effect last
month. Accordingly we have advised 0MB that a supplemental
appropriation will not be necessary..
Third, I have found in light of the passage by the Congress
of the Shipping Act of 1984 and the decreased federal role which
it portends that the Commission personnel strength of 212 people
is, in my opinion, the correct personnel level.
I would like to comment on a few specifics in the budget.
First you will note that I have proposed reduced personnel levels
in FY 86 in the Bureau. of Tariffs. These reductions are due to
several factors, one the fact that domestic tariff filings have
dropped off significantly resulting in a 6 manyear reduction.
Secondly, I anticipate that further savings will accrue once
service contracts are automated, a project currently underway.
Also, I project a two workyear reduction if the legislative
proposal to transfer passenger vessel certification program is
successful. I look forward to working with you to accomplish the
orderly transfer of this function to DOT.
You will note that I am requesting funding for the tariff
automation project in the amount of $180,000. Now that much of
the work associated with the initial implementation of the new
Act has been completed, the Commission is moving forward with its
tariff automation project which envisions a paperless electronic
system for the filing, storage and retrieval of tariff
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information. In October, 1984, I announced that a Task Force had
.been formed, headed by Vice Chairman Carey, to explore the
feasibility of an Automated Tariff Filing and Information System
(ATFI) to replace the FMC's present manual system. This Task
Force will review the possibility of developing a pilot automated
tariff filing system.
At the present time, detailed tariff automation
questionnaires have been sent to various members of the shipping
community to elicit information regarding the need for tariff
automation and type of information needed from any future system.
Tariffs which are currently in hard copy format are difficult and
expensive to manipulate, and fall far short of their potential of
furthering competition and contributing to international
commerce. This system would be developed to service the needs of
the Commission as well as satisfy the information needs of public
tariff users in the conduct of America's foreign ocean commerce.
Extensive coordination of the project will be accomplished
through surveys, advisory committees, public hearings, and the
pilot project for which the funding is requested. While the
success of our efforts are by no means certain, my ultimate goal
is to have all tariffs filed outside this agency at a private
sector location and to operate at no cost to the government. A
key ingredient in the success of this effort will be to plan for
a private sector operation which provides accurate and clear
information at a reasonable fee.
Two other points are worth mentioning. We will complete the
procurement of word processing and personal computer equipment
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during this fiscal year, which results in approximately $300,000
savings in the FY 86 budget. I mention this because we are able
to satisfy all of our computer requirements using personal
computers as opposed to a large mainframe computer which the
Commission had previously leased. The annual cost including
personnel of the mainframe computer, the lease of which was
terminated in FY 83, exceeded the total one time cost of our
personal computer procurement.
I am not going to sit here and suggest that we have solved
all the problems, either Shipping Act, trade related, or
managerial, but we are making progress. Sure, regulatory
implementation of the Shipping Act in the 6 months Congress
allotted to us put a strain on the Commission, but I think by and
large the industry, both carriers and shippers, are pleased. The
five year study which the legislation mandates is proving to be
internally very time consuming. While I am now convinced the
study is necessary, we are looking for ways to keep the costs
down and wherever possible limit data requests to the maritime
industry to the minimum possible.
From a program standpoint, I am planning initiatives in a
number of areas. Shortly, the Commission will be publishing a
proposed rule which will either exempt from filing or Commission
review a broad sector of port and marine terminal agreements.
This rulemaking which arose out of Commissioner Setrakian's port
inquiry will eliminate to a large extent the regulatory burdens
placed on this sector of the maritime industry. The Commission
will likely issue rulemakings in the near future which will
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eliminate some of the uncertainty which may currently exist in
the area of service contracts and NVOCC co-loading arrangements.
In summary, let me once again indicate that the budget I
present to you today for your consideration is not only realistic
and adequate to do the job, but reflects a real effort on my part
to hold the spending line in every area possible within the FMC.
Thank you.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, DC 20515
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Room 7B 24
Washington, D.C. 20505 ;
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