The Northern Plains Area Office in Fort Collins, CO, is dedicated to serving its many customers both inside and outside ARS by providing more than a dozen different service sectors to aid you with any questions or projects you may have.

The Area Office staff currently is made up of 36 employees from the Area Director’s Office and the Area Administrative Office,  and their goal is to serve you better to ensure that the ARS research mission is smoothly carried out in NPA’s eight-state region.

Please see the Customer Service Plans found in each service sector web page (linked below) for details on the specific responsibilities and goals of each. Our Customer Service Plans were developed to ensure that the needs of our customers are fully met, so please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have concerns or questions.

NPA Area Office Service Sectors

• ARMPs
• Budget and Fiscal
• Contracting/Acquisition
• NPA Council of Office Professionals (NPACOP) *
• Engineering
• Ethics
• Grants & Agreements
• Information Technology
• OSQR/Expert Review
• Outreach, Diversity, & Equal Opportunity (ODEO)
• Personnel
• Property
• Research Position Evaluation System (RPES)
• Safety, Health, and Environmental Management
• Statistics
• Technology Transfer
• Travel