Order |
Subject |
FHWA Delegations and Organization Manual |
Classification Code |
Date: |
Office of Primary Interest |
M 1100.1A, Chg. 11 |
October 18, 1996 |
HAIM-10 |
- PURPOSE. To issue revised pages to the FHWA Delegations and Organization Manual.
- EXPLANATION OF CHANGES. The following changes have occurred in Part
II (Organization), Chapter 8 (Office of Administration):
- Section 3 (Office of Fiscal Services), the Office of Fiscal Services
is retitled as the Office of Budget and Finance; the Apportionment Analysis
Team is established to focus on apportionment formulas during reauthorization
of the Federal-aid program; the Financial Accounting, Policy, and Operations
Division is retitled as the Finance Division and; the Program Analysis Division
is abolished. Realignment of the functions that were previously performed
by the abolished Program Analysis Division is as follows: (a) distribution
and monitoring of Federal-aid funds to the States, as apportioned by the Federal
Highway Administrator, are transferred to the Budget Division; (b) duties
associated with the Financial Management Information System are transferred
to the retitled Finance Division; and (c) analysis of Federal-aid highway
apportionment formulas and related technical support to Congress are transferred
to the newly established Apportionment Analysis Team. Additionally, the Federal-aid
Financial Management Division's functions are revised to reflect responsibility
as the lead office for FHWA's cross-cutting innovative finance initiatives.
- Section 4 (Office of Information and Management Services), the Organization
and Management Programs Division is retitled as the Management Programs and
Analysis Division, and the Information Resources and Analysis Division is
abolished. Functions currently performed by the abolished Information Resources
and Analysis Division are transferred as follows: (a) management consulting
and studies, Governmentwide initiatives (e.g., Urban Youth Corps, NationalPerformance
Review, internal controls under Federal Managers' Financial Integrity
Act), and records management are transferred to the newly retitled Management
Programs and Analysis Division, and (b) all IRM-related activities such as
policy, planning, budget, training coordination, conference planning, electronic
recordkeeping system pilots, video teleconferencing, computer security, and
information management committee support are transferred to the Information
Programs and Systems Division. Additionally, the mail management function
is transferred out of the Management Programs and Analysis Division to the
Management Services Division.
- Section 5 (Office of Acquisition Management), the Advance Acquisition
Planning Team and the Technical Policy Team are abolished, and the Program
Office Liaison Division is established. Functions of the abolished teams are
transferred to the newly established Program Office Liaison Division.
/s/
Rodney E. Slater
Federal Highway Administratorv