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From the Government Manual Online via GPO Access
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC 20515
Phone, 202-228-1793. Internet, http://www.aoc.gov/.
Architect of the Capitol Alan M. Hantman
Assistant Architect of the Capitol Michael G. Turnbull
Head, Architecture Division Bruce Arthur
Special Assistant James E. Ellison
Superintendent of Construction William B. Holmes
Director of Engineering Dan E. Hanlon
Assistant Director of Engineering Scott Birkhead
Administrative Assistant Herbert M. Franklin
Director, Human Resources Management Hector E. Suarez
Division
Director, Equal Employment Kathleen Gause
Opportunity
Director, Information Resources Rick Kashurba
Management
Employment Counsel Kevin Mulshine
Curator Barbara Wolanin
Inspector General Arthur L. McIntye
Executive Officer Lynne M. Theiss
Head, Fire Systems and Life Safety Ken Lauziere
Office
Head, Procurement Division Richard N. Mueller
Safety Officer, Occupational Health, Charles Bowman
Environmental, and Safety
Office
Budget Officer/Director of Financial Services W. Stuart Pregnall III
Assistant Budget Officer John T. Bortlein, Jr.
Accounting Officer Elliott Burnham
General Counsel Charles K. Tyler
Senior Labor-Management Counsel Margaret Cox
Senior Landscape Architect Matthew Evans
Superintendent, House Office Buildings Robert Miley
Supervising Engineer, Library of Congress Donald Parry
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Supervising Engineer of the U.S. Capitol Amita N. Poole
Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings Lawrence R. Stoffel
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The Architect of the Capitol is responsible for the care and maintenance
of the U.S. Capitol and nearby buildings and grounds and for
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,
the upkeep and improvement of the Capitol grounds, and the arrangement
of inaugural and other ceremonies held in the building or on the
grounds. Legislation has been enacted from time to time to provide for
additional buildings and grounds placed under the jurisdiction of the
Architect of the Capitol.
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 3 candidates recommended by a 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. The present Architect,
Alan M. Hantman, is the 10th to hold this position since the office was
established in 1793 and the first to be appointed in accordance with the
new procedure.
The Architect, whose original duties were limited to designing and
supervising the construction of the Capitol, has assumed additional
responsibilities for activities that have been assigned to the office by
Congress. Today, in light of the widespread activities under the
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol and the enactment of the
Congressional Accountability Act, the administrative responsibilities of
the Architect are as important as the architectural and engineering
functions of the office.
Recent and ongoing projects carried out by the Architect of the
Capitol include the rehabilitation of the Capitol dome; conservation of
murals and decorative paintings in the first-floor Senate corridors in
the Capitol; repair of the Capitol terraces; conversion of the Capitol
courtyards into meeting rooms; replacement of worn Minton tile in the
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Senate corridors of the Capitol; conservation of the Statue of Freedom
atop the Capitol dome; completion of the murals in the first-floor House
corridors; improvement of speech-reinforcement, electrical, and fire-
protection systems in the Capitol and congressional office buildings;
removal of architectural barriers throughout the Capitol complex;
preparation and publication of a new book on the artist Constantino
Brumidi, whose paintings decorate much of the Capitol; installation of
an improved Senate subway system; preparation of a telecommunications
plan for the legislative branch agencies; work on security improvements
within the Capitol complex; construction of new House and Senate child
care facilities; construction of a new Senate Page school; 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;
management oversight of the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary
Building; design and construction of the National Garden adjacent to the
U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory; restoration of the U.S.Botanic Garden
Conservatory; and planning for a proposed Capitol Visitor Center.
The Architect of the Capitol serves as a member of the following
bodies: Capitol Police Board, Capitol Guide Board, District of Columbia
Zoning Commission, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, National
Capital Memorial Commission, and the Art Advisory Committee to the
Washington Metroploitan Area Transit Authority. He is also an ex-officio
member of the U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, the Commission on
the Bicentennial of the U.S. Capitol, and the National Building Museum.
For further information, contact the Office of the Architect of the
Capitol, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC 20515. Phone, 202-228-
1793. Internet, http://www.aoc.gov/.
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