Office of Homeland Security

The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 29, 2008):

A FY 2008-09 workforce of 192.  This is an increase of 6 FTEs from the adjusted FTE level for FY 2007-08.  The following chart identifies adjustments in current fiscal year’s FTEs along with the recommended differences in FY 2008-09 FTEs by program (if the FTE’s are the same the program is not listed):

• An All Funds increase of $659,000, 2.9% from SFY 2007-08.

• The total appropriation for Personal Service is $7,056,000 million, a $6,000 decrease (-0.1%). The Assembly budget analysis indicates that $160,000 of the office’s overall All-Funds appropriation increase is available for personal services increases.  It appears these increases are in the Administration program.  The State Operations personal service appropriations does not reflect funding for the additional 6 FTEs in the Homeland Security Program, as all funding for this program is Aid to Localities (so it is not reflected in the agency spreadsheet, which follows).  The Assembly budget analysis indicates that this funding will support 6 positions for federally funded and federally required grants management program.  These issues should be clarified at statewide labor management.

• A$1 million increase in the Cyber Security program’s contractual services appropriation within the critical infrastructure account.  According to the Assembly budget analysis $234,000 of this increase is for increased lease payments for the office’s New York City property and $280,000 is to address the office’s broaden responsibilities relating to aviation fuel and pipeline measures. The use of all this increased contractual services funding should be clarified at statewide labor management.

• There is a separate Miscellaneous appropriation for $140.9 million for transfer to State agencies for security measures, an increase of $3.55 million. 

• The Office of Homeland Security employed an estimated 34 FTE employees under consultant contracts in SFY 2007-08 at an estimated cost of $5,065,900 or an average cost of $148,997 per FTE consultant contract employee.  It is estimated that the number of FTE employees employed under consultant contracts will remain the same in SFY 2008-09.  The consultants will be paid $6,343,900, in SFY 2008-09 (a 25% increase), or an average cost of $186,585 per FTE consultant contract employee.  The purpose and use of these contract employees and whether they can be replaced by state employees should be clarified at statewide labor management.