1. Federal Property Management Workforce: Maintaining the Force Property Management Executive Committee November 14, 2007

2. Agenda Importance of the PMEC Workforce Initiative Activities leading to the PMEC Initiative Objectives of the PMEC Initiative Next Steps

3. About the Importance of the Initiative The GAO has put human capital management on its “high-risk” list of the most pressing challenges facing our government Recent surveys show that human capital is the number one concern of federal CFOs, CIOs and procurement officials

4. About the importance of the Initiative Agency personal property inventories are large, mobile, increasingly complex and growing Property management role is shifting from conventional-process to results-oriented agency advisor PMW Retirement trend is at tipping point A Perfect Storm?

5. The creation of the staffing pressures 1990s hiring freezes and reductions in force set the stage Property, Human Resources and Acquisition Corps had few champions during downsizing Impending retirement wave of federal property managers (too many retirement eligible managers and inexperienced new hires, with too few in the middle ranks) 2007, Property Management still viewed in some circles as a non-critical, soft skilled profession

6. About the importance of the initiative The Retirement Wave*: Year Total 2007 3.9% 2012 23.3% 2016 37.3% *Source: OPM, projections for FTE employees as of 10/01/06.

7. Vision for the Future A workforce that is recruited, trained, and groomed for the leadership positions of today and tomorrow A workforce able to think and act strategically and link property management to agency goals and objectives A workforce with acumen in: business, market expertise, economics, and comfort with innovation and technology

8. Activities to Date 2003 - comprehensive ICPM study focused on competencies, training, and workforce compositions 2005 - four-agency task group narrowed focus to hiring and retention 2007 – PMEC ranked workforce a top priority

9. Objectives of the Initiative Raise awareness of issue (e.g., GSA bulletin, OFPP policy letter) Promote existing hiring options: > direct hiring authority > waiver of dual compensation restrictions Partner with CHCO, CFO, CIO, CAO communities to leverage support

10. Moving Forward Toward the Next Administration PMEC must keep personal property management at the front and center Develop priority list for incoming OMB Model personal property workforce challenges after Real Property, CHCO and CAO communities

11. Thank you for supporting PMEC efforts! QUESTIONS?