state of the itrc 2005 a report to the members october 25, 2005 memphis, tennessee

State of the ITRC 2005

A Report to the Members

October 25, 2005

Memphis, Tennessee

October 2005 ITRC 2005 2

Membership

• 575 members in 2005

• Annual turnover of 30%

• Membership is changing with the IAP

• Will still ask for 10% commitment from states


Teams

• Scaled down from 22 to 14 teams in 2005

• Account for 45.4% of ITRC budget

• Kickoff in Denver; Midyear in Salt Lake

• Published 6 documents with 4 more by the end of the year


POCs

• Added two new states

• Some turnover among the POCs

• Continued high level of support from ECOS commissioners

• Active group


Industry Partners

• Industry continues to be an important, contributing part of our program

• We are changing how we engage with industry with the IAP program


Board

• Expanded to nine voting members by adding two new state members

• Added a national association to the Board

• Some changes in the federal liaison members

• Published an Annual Report in April

• Published a Strategic Plan in October


Training

• Eight new course topics in 2005

• Just under 25,000 participants trained since 1999

• 35% are state and local

• 44% are consultant and engineering firms

• Trained people in every state

• New training contractor


Management

• We established ECOS as the management contractor

• Determined that we would have one full-time program administrator, and part of a program manager, and program assistant


Contracts

• New support contracts for state engagement, outreach, team support, and training are in negotiation

• All contracts have now been awarded competitively


Travel

• Constitutes 23.2% of ITRC budget

• Working to reduce costs even in light of rising gas and transportation prices

• Processing all vouchers through ECOS

• Continue to work on cost saving strategies


Meetings

• Had to cancel spring meeting

• Had to move fall meeting

• Continued team meetings

• Working to get ahead of the meeting planning cycle


Expenditures

• Spending for the most part is linear• With 58.3% of the year gone (i.e., through

July)– Teams = 57.9%– State Engagement = 60.4%– Training = 43.6%– Outreach = 69.3%– Management = 55.1%


Expenditures by Function

• With 58.3% of the year gone:• Contracts = 65.5%

• Travel = 34.0%

• Facilities = 31.5%

• CPM = 55.1%

• Grants = 33.3%


Funding

• Same level as 2005

• DOE = $1.0M

• DoD = $615K

• EPA = $375K

• IAP = $250K

• TOTAL = $2.24M


Outlook for 2006

• Same rate of funding and activity as 2005

• Continued support from our federal and industry partners

• Board will be making funding, budget, and meeting decisions today and tomorrow

• We will have our plan in place during this quarter so we are ready for CY2006

state of the itrc 2005 a report to the members october 25, 2005 memphis, tennessee

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