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The Personal Property Branch – Personal Property Management Overview
  • Mission of Personal Property Management
    • Assure the appropriate use of Public Property resources
    • Obtain the maximum benefit from full utilization of Public Property resources throughout the life cycle
    • Appropriately and Responsibly Dispose of Public Property Resources
  • How we meet our mission
    • Leading Personnel in Performance of the Agency's Property Management Activities
      • Institution and Implementation of Management Controls
        • Management Issuances
        • Physical Inventories
        • Boards of Survey (BOS)
        • Day to Day Oversight of Critical (Financially Related) Transactions
        • External Property Administration and Management
        • Central Utilization and Disposal Function in Property Utilization Branch
      • Maintenance of Metric Information to Assure Completion of Goals
        • Loss Tracking
        • Overage Tracking
        • Compilation of Required Property Management Reports (Non-Federal Recipients, etc.)
    • Manage Property Management Record Systems
      • (Legacy) Property Management Information System (also a subsidiary ledger to the General Ledger)
      • NIH Business and Research Support System (NHBRSS)
      • NIH Industrial Property Management Information System (NIPMIS)
    • Leading Change in the Agency's Property Management Activities and Culture
      • Establish and Maintain IC Management Involvement and Attention to Property Management Issues
        • BOS Determining Authority
        • EO Inventory Reporting
        • Delegation of Property Accountability Officer Functions
      • Maintain Open Communications
        • Personal Property Management Committee
        • PMIS Configuration Control Board
        • Monthly "Common Issues" Meetings with OFM, OPM and CIT
      • Web Based Communication/Newsgroups/Email
      • Provide for Property Management Training
        • Implementation of Department's Automated Property Training
        • Development and maintenance of NIH Specific Training
        • Participation in Department efforts to Develop On-Line Training for Contract and Grant Property Management Activities
    • Provide Property Utilization and Disposition Services
      • Pickup property that is no longer required for its original purpose "agency inventory"
      • Make agency inventories of used property available to other NIH and HHS Activities in Lieu of New Procurement
      • When Appropriate and not required within HHS, Donate Excess Property to Schools, Non-Profit Research Institutions
      • Report Other Excess Property to GSA According to the Federal Property Management and Federal Management Regulations as well as Department and NIH Guidance.
      • Maintain Reported Property Throughout the Disposition Cycle
    • Provide Contract Property Administration Services
      • Contract Property System Analysis
      • Contract Property Reporting
      • Communication Liaison between Contracting Activities and Contractors for property matters
      • Disposal of Government Owned – Contractor Held property when no longer required for contract performance
    • Advise Contracting Officers on property related clauses, regulations

General Property Information
 •Everyone is a Property Manager
 •Government Property and Authorized Use
 •The Personal Property Branch – Personal Property Management Overview
 •The Personal Property Management Life Cycle