Office of Homeland Security
(formerly Office of Public Security)
The enacted budget makes no changes to the State Operations portion of the Executive Budget for this agency (analysis as of April 4, 2005).
The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 28,2005):
- An overall level of 86 FTE positions, an increase of 10 FTE positions over the Office’s adjusted FTE level for March 31, 2005. The 10 new FTEs will all be placed in the Administration program and funded with General Fund appropriations. During SFY2004-05 the Office added 3 FTEs in the Administration program that were not provided for in the enacted SFY2004-05 budget. In addition, 4 FTE positions originally to be placed in the Cyber Security program and funded with General Fund appropriations were moved to the Administration program during SFY2004-05.
- An All-Funds appropriation of $17,508,000, a $2,632,000 increase over the enacted SFY2004-05 appropriation. All federal funding for this Office’s State Operations program is eliminated. However, according to the Executive Budget 4 FTE positions in the Cyber Security program are still funded with federal funds. These positions are funded with $1 million of reappropriated federal funds (funds appropriated in SFY2004-05 but not spent). It is unclear how these positions will be funded in the future.
- A $4,672,000 increase (119.2%) in the appropriation for the Administration Program. $1,519,000 of this increase is for personal service and will fund the 10 new FTE positions discussed above and contractual salary increases. All of the $3,153,000 increase in the non-personal service will be used for contractual services. In fact the funding for contractual services is a $3,705,000 increase from SFY2004-05 appropriation which is offset by a decrease of $552,000 in the appropriation for supplies and materials. The Assembly budget analysis does refer to a $1.142 million appropriation to support a chemical security assessment required by anti-terror legislation enacted in 2004. It is unclear whether this appropriation is part of the contractual services appropriation in the Administration program. It should be clarified at Labor Management how the funding for contractual services will be used and whether state employees can do this work.
- A $3.5 million decrease in funding for the Cyber Security program. $3,105,000 of this decrease is attributable to a decrease in funding for equipment. There is also an overall $235,000 decrease in the various personal service appropriations in this program which reflects the 4 FTE positions that were moved to the Administration Program during SFY2004-05. All personal service funding in this program is now supported by a Special Revenue Other appropriation in the new Public Service Account.
- A new $1,500,000 Internal Service Fund appropriation in the Cyber security program. According to the Assembly budget analysis; this appropriation is to allow the Office to offer a fee-based computer intrusion detection service to other State agencies.
- According to the Assembly budget analysis, the Executive has announced that a State Preparedness Training Center will be established in the Mohawk valley this year, but no funding is provided in the Executive Budget for this Center.
Office of Homeland Security
Program Details-State Operations
Enacted
Proposed
Enacted
Change in
Percent
Program
2004-05 Budget
2005-06 Budget
2005-06 Budget
Appropriation
Change
All Funds
$14,876,000
$17,508,000
$17,508,000
$2,632,000
17.7%
General Fund
$7,258,000
$8,590,000
$8,590,000
$1,332,000
18.4%
Special Revenue - Federal
$1,000,000
$0
$0
($1,000,000)
-100.0%
Special Revenue - Other
$6,618,000
$7,418,000
$7,418,000
$800,000
12.1%
Internal Service Fund
$0
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
100.0%
_
Administration Program
$3,918,000
$8,590,000
$8,590,000
$4,672,000
119.2%
Personal Service
$1,529,000
$3,048,000
$3,048,000
$1,519,000
99.3%
Nonpersonal Service
$2,389,000
$5,542,000
$5,542,000
$3,153,000
132.0%
_
Cyber Security Pgm [dropped - Critical Infrastructure Coord Pgm]
$10,958,000
$7,418,000
$7,418,000
($3,540,000)
-32.3%
Personal Service
$235,000
$0
$0
($235,000)
-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service
$3,105,000
$0
$0
($3,105,000)
-100.0%
Special Revenue - Federal (SRF)
$1,000,000
$0
$0
($1,000,000)
-100.0%
Special Revenue - Other (SRO)
$6,618,000
$7,418,000
$7,418,000
$800,000
12.1%
Internal Service Fund
$0
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
100.0%
_
Critical Infrastructure Acct - (SRF)
$1,000,000
$0
$0
($1,000,000)
-100.0%
_
Critical Infrastructure Account - (SRO)
$0
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
100.0%
Cyber Upgrade Acct - (SRO)
$800,000
$800,000
$800,000
$0
0.0%
_
Public Service Account - (SRO)
$0
$5,618,000
$5,618,000
$5,618,000
100.0%
Personal Service
$0
$2,539,000
$2,539,000
$2,539,000
100.0%
Nonpersonal Service
$0
$2,253,000
$2,253,000
$2,253,000
100.0%
Fringe benefits
$0
$826,000
$826,000
$826,000
100.0%
_
NYS's cyber readiness Acct - (SRO)
$5,818,000
$0
$0
($5,818,000)
-100.0%
Personal Service
$2,474,000
$0
$0
($2,474,000)
-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service
$2,351,000
$0
$0
($2,351,000)
-100.0%
Fringe Benefits
$993,000
$0
$0
($993,000)
-100.0%
Indirect Costs
$0
$0
$0
$0
_