NPS Mission - National Park Service

National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications
brushing for wire pathways, and maintaining trails for employees and their vehicles.
By consolidating the existing communications systems into one system, the park will be able to focus on
improving and innovating its use of communications technologies to deliver service to the public, rather
than maintaining multiple, obsolete, and expensive-to-maintain systems. Every operation in the
management of the park will benefit from the improved communications connectivity offered by this
project past the year 2035.
The projected increase in annual operating cost will be offset by reduction in cost of current telephone
services estimated between $100,000 and $300,000 annually.
There are also many operational risks associated with the failure of the communications system at the
park. A communications failure would significantly jeopardize visitor and employee safety and impact
the success of remote field personnel and critical Incident Command posts established during
emergency situations. This project serves to resolve these risks by consolidating park-wide phone,
radio, LAN, security video systems, security alarm reporting systems, and fire alarm reporting systems
to the Emergency Communications Center.
Direct benefits to visitors include increased processing efficiency at entrance stations; up-to-date and
real-time park information; quicker and more accurate credit card transactions in lodging and stores;
enhanced interpretation opportunities using visitor hand-held cell phones connected to the park website
and streamed audio messages; better campground availability information for visitors; improved safety
messaging and emergency response to visitor injuries. Park management also benefits from better
campground management, enhanced fire and emergency reporting, search and rescue, and park-wide
security data; support for emerging e-business solutions; and streaming video security throughout the
park.
Ranking Categories: Identify the percent of the project that is in the following categories of
need.
0 % Critical Health or Safety Deferred Maintenance 0 % Energy Policy, High Performance Sustain Bldg CI
0 % Critical Health or Safety Capital Improvement 0 % Critical Mission Deferred Maintenance
0 % Critical Resource Protection Deferred Maintenance 86 % Other Deferred Maintenance
0 % Critical Resource Protection Capital Improvement 0 % Code Compliance Capital Improvement
14 % Other Capital Improvement
Capital Asset Planning Required?(Y or N): [ N ]
Total Project Score: 528
VE Required(Y or N): Y Type: Scheduled(YY): Completed(YY):
Project Costs and Status
Project Cost Estimate (This PDS): $'s %
Deferred Maintenance Work : $ 2,049,787 86
Capital Improvement Work: $ 333,686 14
Total Component Estimate: $ 2,383,474 100
Class of Estimate: C
Estimate Escalated to FY: 2013
Dates: Sch’d (qtr/yy)
Construction Start/Award: 01⁄13
Project Complete: 04⁄14
RecFee-28
Project Funding History (Entire Project):
Appropriated to Date: $ 0
Requested in FY 2013 Budget: $ 2,383,474
Future Funding to Complete Project: $ 0
Project Total: $ 2,383,474
Planning and Design Funds
Planning Funds Received in FY NA $
Design Funds Received in FY NA $
Project Data Sheet
DOI Approved:
Prepared/Last Updated: 10/11 Yes
(mm/yy)
Annual Operation & Maintenance Costs($s)
Current: $380,000 Projected: $480,000 Net Change: $100,000