    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2007]
    [Pages 43-45]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

    U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC 20515

    Phone, 202-228-1793. Internet, www.aoc.gov.
    Architect of the Capitol                          Stephen T. Ayers,
                                                              Acting
    Special Assistant to the Architect of the         Michael G. Turnbull
            Capitol
        Director, Architecture Division               Bruce Arthur
        Director, Construction Division               Michael Fenn
        Director of Engineering                       (vacancy)
        Director of Facilities Planning and           Terrell Emmons
                Programming
        Director of Project Management                William Weidemeyer
        Director of Congressional and                 Cynthia Snyder
                External Relations
    Chief Administrative Officer                      David Ferguson
        Director, Human Resources Management          Rebecca Tiscione
                Division
        Director, Equal Employment                    Patricia Brown
                Opportunity
        Director, Information Resources               Christopher Emery
                Management
        Curator                                       Barbara Wolanin
        Communications Officer                        Eva Malecki
        Head, Procurement Division                    Cynthia Bennett
    Inspector General                                 Arthur L. McIntye
    Director of Safety, Fire, and Environmental       Susan Adams
            Programs
        Director, Safety and Environmental            Larry Denicola
              Division
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        Safety Officer                                Charles Bowman
    Chief Financial Officer                           Paula Lettice
        Budget Officer                                (vacancy)
        Accounting Officer                            Timothy Macdonald
        Director, Financial Management                Russ Follin
                Systems Division
    General Counsel                                   Peter Kushner
    Chief Operating Officer                           Stephen T. Ayers
    Director, Labor Relations and Collective          Margaret Cox
            Bargaining
    Senior Landscape Architect                        Matthew Evans
    Superintendent, House Office Buildings            Frank Tiscione
    Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings           Robin Morey
    Superintendent, Library of Congress Buildings     Gregory Simmons
            and Grounds
    Superintendent, U.S. Capitol                      Carlos Elias
    Superintendent, Capitol Grounds                   Glenn Marshall
        Director, U.S. Botanic Garden                 Holly H. Shimizu
    Superintendent, U.S. Supreme Court                James Yellman
        Director, U.S. Capitol Power Plant            Mark Weiss

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    The Architect of the Capitol is responsible for the care and maintenance
    of the U.S. Capitol and the buildings and grounds acrosss the Capitol
    complex. The agency is charged with implementing construction,
    renovation, conservation, and landscape improvement projects as
    authorized by the Congress.

    The Architect of the Capitol is charged with operating and maintaining
    the buildings of the Capitol complex committed to his care by Congress.
    Permanent authority for the care and maintenance of the Capitol was
    established by the act of August 15, 1876 (40 U.S.C. 162, 163). The
    Architect's duties include the mechanical and structural maintenance of
    the Capitol, the conservation and care of works of art in the building
    under the Architect's jurisdiction, the upkeep and improvement of the
    Capitol grounds, and the arrangement of inaugural and other ceremonies
    held in the building or on the grounds.
        In addition to the Capitol, the Architect is responsible for the
    upkeep of all of the congressional office buildings, the Library of
    Congress buildings, the U.S. Supreme Court building, the Thurgood
    Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, the Capitol Power Plant, the
    Capitol Police headquarters, and the Robert A. Taft Memorial. The
    Architect performs his duties in connection with the Senate side of the
    Capitol, the Senate office buildings, and the operation of the Senate
    restaurants subject to the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and
    Administration. In matters of general policy in connection with the
    House office buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, his activities are
    subject to the approval and direction of the House Office Building
    Commission. The Architect is under the direction of the Speaker in
    matters concerning the House side of the Capitol. He is subject to the
    oversight of the Committee on House Administration with respect to many
    administrative matters affecting operations on the House side of the
    Capitol complex. In addition, the Architect of the Capitol serves as the
    Acting Director of the U.S. Botanic Garden under the Joint Committee on
    the Library.
        The position of Architect of the Capitol was historically filled by
    Presidential appointment for an indefinite term. Legislation enacted in
    1989 provides that the Architect is to be appointed for a term of 10
    years by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from
    a list of three candidates recommended by a

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    congressional commission. Upon confirmation by the Senate, the Architect
    becomes an official of the legislative branch as an officer and agent of
    Congress; he is eligible for reappointment after completion of his term.
        Recent and ongoing projects carried out by the Architect of the
    Capitol include construction of the Capitol Visitor Center; conservation
    of murals and decorative paintings in the Capitol; improvement of
    speech-reinforcement, electrical, and fire-protection systems in the
    Capitol and congressional office buildings; work on security
    improvements within the Capitol complex; renovation, restoration, and
    modification of the interiors and exteriors of the Thomas Jefferson and
    John Adams Buildings of the Library of Congress and provision of off-
    site book storage facilities for the Library; and management oversight
    of the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building.

    For further information, contact the Office of the Architect of the
    Capitol, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC 20515. Phone, 202-228-
    1793. Internet, www.aoc.gov.

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