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July 14, 2008
Chief Administrative Officer of the House:
History and Organization
Jacob R. Straus
Analyst on the Congress
Government and Finance Division
Summary
The Chief Administrative Officer of the House (CAO) is an officer elected by the
House of Representatives at the beginning of each Congress. The office of the CAO
consists of three divisions: the Immediate Office of the CAO, Operations, and Customer
Solutions. Together, these divisions oversee human resources, financial services,
technology infrastructure, procurement, facilities management, and other House support
functions. The position of CAO was initially created at the beginning of the 104th
Congress to assume the duties previously performed by the director of non-legislative
and financial services, as well as to manage the operations of other House administrative
offices and support services.
History of the Chief Administrative Officer
The CAO was established at the beginning of the 104' Congress as a replacement
for the director of non-legislative and financial services. The director of non-legislative
and financial services was established by H.Res. 423 during the 102nd Congress and given
authority over the Office of Employee Assistance, Finance Office, pay and mileage of
Members, House Information Systems, Office Furnishings, Office Supply Service, Office
Systems Management, Placement Office, Special Services Office, Telecommunications,
Telephone Exchange, Typewriter Repair, Barber Shop, Beauty Shop, House Restaurant
System, Office of Photography, Inside Mail and Internal Mail Operations (including
coordination with postal substations to be operated by the United States Postal Service),
Guide Service, and Child Care Center, and the non-legislative functions of the Printing
Services, Recording Studio, and Records and Registration.'
1 This report was originally written by Paul E. Dwyer, Specialist in American National
Government at CRS. Mr. Dwyer has retired, but the listed author updated the report and is
available to answer questions concerning its contents.
2 Sections 6 and 7 of H.Res. 423 (102nd Congress), House Administrative Reform Resolution
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