HOUSE LAWMAKERS WANT TO REDUCE CAP FOR DNFSB EMPLOYEE COUNT

House lawmakers are looking to lower the maximum number of employees the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board can have by 20 percent. A provision in the House version of the FY 2015 defense authorization bill, set to be marked up today by the House Armed Forces Strategic Forces Subcommittee, would limit the number of full-time employees at the Board to 120, beginning Oct. 1, 2015. The Board currently has an employee limit of 150 employees, and is set to have a total of 120 employees by the end of this fiscal year. In its FY 2015 budget request, the Board is seeking $30.15 million, an increase of approximately $2 million from current funding levels. Approximately half of the sought-after increase would be used to increase the Board’s headcount to 125 employees. The House bill would authorize a funding level matching the Board’s FY 2015 request.