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**ACQUISITION,\
TECHNOLOGY\
AND LOGISTICS**

> **OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE**

**3000 DEFENSE PENTAGON\
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-3000**

DEC 0 6 2006

> MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS DIRECTORS OF
> THE DEFENSE AGENCIES
>
> SUBJECT: Property Management Workforce
>
> The Secretary of Defense has established a goal for DoD to improve its
> business management practices. Consistent with that goal, the
> Department has taken steps to improve the accountability and
> management of equipment and other accountable property. For example,
> each Military Department and Agency now has a financial improvement
> plan that includes requirements for existence, completeness, and
> valuation of assets. Also, the Defense Contract Management Agency is
> planning to stand up a property administration division. More needs to
> be done, however, particularly in the area of personnel resources
> needed to successfully execute the property management mission.
>
> The property management mission is performed by several segments of
> the DoD workforce. For example, the DoD-wide Acquisition, Technology
> and Logistics (AT&L) Workforce includes approximately three-hundred
> Industrial Property Management Specialists (GS- 1103) who administer
> Government property in the possession of contractors. In addition,
> outside of the AT&L Workforce, there are a number of Accountable
> Property Officers (APOs) who manage Government property within the
> Department, and an unknown number of hand-receipt holders with
> property custodial duties.
>
> This property management workforce faces several challenges. For
> example, according to the 2005 Annual Report on the Federal
> Acquisition Workforce, almost one third of those currently in the GS-
> 1103 series are now eligible for retirement. Moreover, there are no
> minimum experience and education standards for APOs, and no
> standardized training requirements for hand-receipt holders.

Through implementation of the initiatives identified in the AT&L Human
Capital Strategic Plan, OUSD (AT&L) is aggressively addressing the
issues effecting Industrial Property Management Specialists in the AT&L
Workforce. We must also address our long-term ability to meet the
Department\'s overall property management mission as it relates to
workforce issues outside of the AT&L Workforce. We are developing, along
the lines of the attached actions, the first steps needed to augment
ongoing initiatives in the AT&L Workforce and address the human capital
issues for APOs and hand receipt holders executing the property
management mission.

We need your help. By December 31, 2006, please provide Mr. Tom
Ruckdaschel, (703) 604-6350 x138 or
[[tom.ruckdaschel@osd.mil]{.underline}](mailto:tom.ruckdaschel@osd.mil),
with the name, phone number, and email address of your point of contact
who will work with us to complete the attached actions. We also request
you contact Mr. Ruckdaschel if you have any questions or require
additional information. We appreciate your support in this important
endeavor.

Nancy L. Spruill Shay D. Assad

Director, Acquisition Resource Director, Defense Procurement and

> and Analysis Acquisition Policy

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Frank J. Anderson, Jr.\
President, Defense Acquisition,\
University

Attachment\
As stated

Human Capital Actions\
Property Management Workforce

Director, Acquisition Resources and Analysis, in coordination with the
Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, and President,
Defense Acquisition University shall:

-   Develop a strategic human capital plan for Accountable Property
    Officers, addressing future functions, appropriate occupational
    series, and potential career paths.

-   Identify core competencies for Accountable Property Officers, as
    appropriate.

-   Develop training, education, and experience requirements as required
    for non-­AT&L Workforce segments of the property management
    workforce.

Secretaries of the Military Departments and Directors of Defense
Agencies shall:

-   Identify all current Accountable Property Officers and ensure that
    property management responsibility is addressed in their job
    descriptions or Performance Requirement Descriptions

-   Ensure that Industrial Property Managers and Accountable Property
    Officers performance outcomes are tied to DoD goals

-   Align Industrial Property Manager and Accountable Property Officer

> resources to the appropriate human capital strategic plan.