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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, www.aoc.gov.
Architect of the Capitol Alan M. Hantman
Assistant Architect of the Capitol Michael G. Turnbull
Head, Architecture Division Bruce Arthur
Superintendent of Construction Gary Vawter
Director of Engineering Scott Birkhead
Director of Facilities Planning and Terrell Emmons
Programming
Assistant Director of Engineering William Weidemeyer
Chief of Staff Amita N. Poole
Deputy Chief of Staff Hector E. Suarez
Director, Human Resources Management Rebecca Tiscione
Division
Director, Equal Employment Valerie Olson
Opportunity
Director, Information Resources Rick Kashurba
Management
Curator Barbara Wolanin
Communications Officer Eva Malecki
Congressional Liaisons Bryan H. Roth, Michael
Hurley
Head, Procurement Division Richard N. Mueller
Inspector General Arthur L. McIntye
Director of Safety, Fire, and Environmental Susan Adams
Programs
Director, Safety and Environmental Larry Denicola
Division
Safety Officer Charles Bowman
Chief Financial Officer Gary Glovinsky
Budget Officer Edgar Bennett
Accounting Officer Timothy Macdonald
Director, Financial Management Russ Follin
Systems Division
General Counsel Charles K. Tyler
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Director, Labor Relations and Collective Margaret Cox
Bargaining
Senior Landscape Architect Matthew Evans
Superintendent, House Office Buildings Frank Tiscione
Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings Lawrence R. Stoffel
Supervising Engineer, Library of Congress Stephen Ayers
Supervising Engineer of the U.S. Capitol Carlos Elias
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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
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 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.
Recent and ongoing projects carried out by the Architect of the
Capitol include construction of the Capitol visitor center; the
restoration of the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory; 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; replacement of worn Minton tile in the 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
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fire-protection systems in the Capitol and congressional office
buildings; removal of architectural barriers throughout the Capitol
complex; publication of a new history of the Capitol, the first such
work in almost a century; 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; and design and construction of the National Garden
adjacent to the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory.
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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