Senior Real Property Officer (SRPO) Responsibilities

About Senior Real Property Officers (SRPO)

The SRPO is a senior-level manager who develops and implements agency asset management plans. The SRPO is responsible for ensuring that the asset management plan meets the following requirements:

  • Identify and categorize real property owned, leased, or managed by the SRPO's agency
  • Identify and pursue goals with appropriate deadlines for real property and measure agency progress
  • Prioritize actions to be taken to improve the operational and financial management of the agency's real property inventory and make life cycle estimations associated with the prioritized actions
  • Identify and pursue goals, with appropriate deadlines, consistent with and supportive of the agency's asset management plan and measure progress against such goals

The SRPO is also responsible for monitoring the agency's real property assets so that its assets are managed in a manner that is:

  • Consistent with, and supportive of, the goals and objectives set forth in the agency's overall strategic plan
  • Consistent with the real property asset management principles developed by the Federal Real Property Council

On an annual basis, the SRPO will submit:

  • An asset management plan to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  • Information that lists and describes real property assets under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of that agency
SRPO Agencies

Agencies listed in Section 901(b)(1) and (b)(2) of title 31, U.S.C. are required to designate a SRPO for their agency.  Those agencies are:

  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Treasury
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Agency for International Development
  • General Services Administration
  • National Science Foundation
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Office of Personnel Management
  • Small Business Administration
  • Social Security Administration

In addition all agencies are encouraged to follow the requirements of Executive Order 13327.

GSA's Senior Real Property Officer

The Senior Real Property Officer for GSA is David Winstead, Commissioner for the Public Buildings Service.

Last Reviewed 12/23/2008