Jeanne Shaheen

So thinking about how we can structure the program's priorities to address the kind of technology research that the stakeholders also envision as important I think will be critical.

Unfortunately, we're not going to be able to have one in every State or every region, at least not in the near term.

I know we've worked with some folks in the office to try and do that.

I have been working on energy efficiency legislation with Senator Rob Portman from Ohio.

The early reports are that that election was significant, that the turnout was over 60 percent.

We are focused on a much more basic level of showing our participants what you may expect when your government is accountable.

So we expect it to be completed on time?

That is very helpful and very dramatic.

The reason I ask is because there have been questions, in my mind, about how CBO scores the costs of ESPCs.

What distinguishes Open World, as you see it, from some of the programs that State operates with respect to visiting dignitaries to the United States?

We are an agency that supports the Congress.

So, Ambassador O'Keefe, I have my final questions for you.

Thank you, Senator Boozman.

Can you just tell us, are there incentives or penalties that are a part of the construction contract on the dome project to ensure accountability?

Do we have any quantifiable information about how much we will be saving on emissions as a result of the new plant?

I understand that you are working on a contract with utility energy services to implement the project...

So do we expect the scaffolding to be removed at the end of 2015?

A picture really is worth 1,000 words. They do speak very dramatically to the need to do some of this maintenance, so that we don't lose these treasures forever.

I have gone over my time.

Can I ask, do you have plans for using ESPCs in any other of the buildings around the campus?

It is my understanding that the investment from the ESPC is going to pay for the cost of the new plant?

I do believe that funding for Open World should be primarily from this appropriation.

Were there any concerns from OMB, CBO, or anybody in terms of looking at the numbers for what the investment was going to be?

And we expect it to take 15 years for payback for this project?

That is the $1.7 million request, is that correct?