1. United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Financial Officer National Finance Center EmpowHR In-sourcing

2. EmpowHR In-sourcing Project Historically, Federal contractors have performed the applications support for the EmpowHR Program including operations and maintenance, system enhancements, Agency migrations and other special projects The EmpowHR In-sourcing Initiative is a project currently underway by the NFC to transition the EmpowHR applications support from contractors to in-house federal staff In this new in-sourced model, NFC will have complete ownership and control over the EmpowHR application including incident management, development management, change management and release management The goal of the in-sourcing initiative is to enhance EmpowHR’s applications support services while minimizing the impact on business operations and services to current customers Overview 2

3. EmpowHR In-sourcing Project: Update Key Accomplishments Finalized transition contract with current contractor to ensure seamless transition Completed assessment/interviews for 20 + vacancies (55% of vacancies have been filled, currently selecting candidates for those remaining) Identified topics, date and participants to attend ~20 Knowledge/ Capability Transfer sessions between current contractor and NFC staff Successfully developed, tested and implemented enhanced tools to support in- sourcing initiative (e.g., Stat, Control M) Conducted numerous internal knowledge sharing / trainings sessions Continuously deploy external communications via NFC website to provide project statues to all stakeholders Upcoming Activities August Continue to assess, hire and on-board all staff required to meet the needs of in-sourcing initiative Assess and review all requested documentation from current contractor Conduct knowledge sharing and capability transfer sessions between current federal contractor and NFC current/new staff NFC Staff to attend internal and formal external training (e.g., PeopleSoft) September Begin shadowing current contract staff on all identified capabilities (NFC Staff) Attend additional knowledge sharing and training sessions as necessary

4. In-sourcing Timeline 4 The In-sourcing project is currently on-track to continue transfer of capabilities throughout the summer The In-sourcing project is currently on-track to continue transfer of capabilities throughout the summer We are Here