FLICC FLICC/FEDLINK
FY 2002 Budget & Fee Questionnaire

In FY2002, FEDLINK will begin its first year as a revolving fund under P.L. 106-481. (To view P.L. 106-481, point your browser to http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/publaw/106publ.html and then scroll down the numerical list to #481.)

Based on a preliminary legal opinion, FEDLINK anticipates some ability to use surplus balances on orders from FY97 through FY2001—possibly to go into an operating reserve and/or lower program fees in the future. FEDLINK will announce any new information as soon as the final legal opinion has been issued.

In the meantime, your answers to this brief questionnaire will help FEDLINK staff and the FLICC Budget and Finance Working Group plan more realistically for these potential changes and construct the revenue projections, fee structure and FY2002 Budget proposal for our first year under the FEDLINK Revolving Fund.

Please respond to this questionnaire at your earliest convenience. The FLICC Budget and Finance Working Group will mail the FY2002 budget and fee proposal to all members for formal comment in June 2001.

If you have any questions or comments about the survey, please send email to [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your help.

FEDLINK ID:
Name:
Email:

1. Assuming FEDLINK's new revolving fund law allows you to do so, do you think you will have any substantial unused balances in your Transfer Pay vendor accounts from Fiscal Years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 or 2001 that you will wish to contribute to the FEDLINK reserve rather than request as a refund?
 
No.
Yes, approximately:
          less than $25,000
          $25,000 to $100,000
          greater than $100,000. Please specify amount:

2. Do you expect the amount of money you transfer to FEDLINK in FY2002 to change significantly (plus or minus 10%)? [Before answering this question, consider: After the first year, beginning with the transition from FY2002 to FY2003, FEDLINK will no longer need to charge additional fees for members' no-year or multi- year money balances that are moving forward into the next fiscal year; therefore, FEDLINK will be a more cost-effective program for no-year and multi-year funds.]
 
No, my Fiscal Year 2002 FEDLINK funding will stay about the same.
Yes, it will increase at least 10 percent.
Yes, it will decrease at least 10 percent.

Optional Comments:

3. Another benefit of the revolving fund will be FEDLINK's ability to accept members' annual funds at the end of Fiscal Year 2002 without having to cut a delivery order to a vendor before October 1. FEDLINK will be able to extend deadlines for adding new funds, including funds that require competition before purchasing services. Based on this change, would you be likely to increase the amount of end-of-year funds you transfer to FEDLINK at the end of Fiscal Year 2002 (in addition to any increase you reported in #2, above)?
 
No.
Yes, by approximately:
          less than $25,000
          $25,000 to $100,000
          greater than $100,000. Please specify amount:   

4. Given the above opportunities for use of members' Transfer Pay service dollars, are you likely to switch from the Direct Pay to Transfer Pay mode for some of your FEDLINK services?
 
No.
Yes, by approximately:
          less than $25,000
          $25,000 to $100,000
          greater than $100,000. Please specify amount:   
Not applicable. I do not have any Direct Pay Services.
5. Are you interested in having FEDLINK initiate a consortium for any of your online services to try to negotiate lower group rates for an identifiable group of federal libraries?
  No.
Yes—I have listed the vendors and/or services of particular interest below:
6. Are there other services or vendors you would like FEDLINK to provide
for your library/information center?
7. Other comments?

  
FLICC/FEDLINK, ATTN: FY 2002 Budget
Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20540-4935
voice: (202) 707-4800; fax: (202) 707-4818; tty: (202) 707-4998; email: [email protected]
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Information Center Committee
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