NPS Mission - National Park Service

National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications
Exhibit A: Budget Realignment
The Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General recommended in a January 2005 audit (C-
IN-NPS-0013-2004) that National Park Service should realign the budget request to more closely reflect
the actual facility operations and facility maintenance obligations within the facility operations and
maintenance subactivity. During the FY 2010 budget and appropriations process, the NPS received
approval from Congress to annually adjust amounts presented in the budget justifications for ONPS Park
Management budget subactivities and program components in line with expenditures, giving the
Committees and other stakeholders a transparent presentation of how appropriated dollars are used to
support NPS resource stewardship, visitor services, park protection, facility operations and maintenance,
and park support activities.
The FY 2011 column in the FY 2013 budget presentation provides adjusted amounts by ONPS Park
Management budget subactivity and program component based on an analysis of charges in the
accounting system for FY 2011. The FY 2012 amounts in the FY 2013 budget presentation are the
enacted FY 2012 amounts adjusted for the FY 2011 variance. The FY 2013 President’s Budget is built on
the adjusted FY 2012 amounts. The following table shows the variance in enacted amounts and actual
charges in FY 2011 by ONPS subactivity and how the variance was used to adjust the FY 2011 and FY
2012 columns presented in the FY 2013 Budget Request.
National Park Service
FY 2013 Budget Realignment
(dollars in thousands)
Adjusted
FY 2012
Enacted Adjusted
FY 2011 FY 2011 for Percent w/ ATB FY 2012
Enacted FY13 PB 1, 2 Variance Variance Reduction for FY13 PB
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
PARK MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP 343,640 334,420 -9,220 -2.7% 339,062 329,842
VISITOR SERVICES 239,817 238,733 -1,084 -0.5% 240,432 239,348
PARK PROTECTION 362,143 364,317 +2,174 +0.6% 358,495 360,669
FACILITY OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE 695,020 688,496 -6,524 -0.9% 689,914 683,390
PARK SUPPORT 442,967 457,621 +14,654 +3.3% 439,746 454,400
Total PARK MANAGEMENT 2,083,587 2,083,587 0 0 2,067,649 2,067,649
EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 166,463 166,463 0 - 168,919 168,919
TOTAL ONPS APPROPRIATION 2,250,050 2,250,050 0 0 2,236,568 2,236,568
1
These adjusted FY 2011 figures do not include non-recurring transfers ($255,000 for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
and $22,000 for Service First).
2
Based on actual obligations.
As priorities and needs of the NPS change and emergencies arise, spending will further shift accordingly.
The NPS will continue to review expenditures against budget estimates annually and realign as
necessary.
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