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Agency Snapshot:
Department of Commerce The Department of Commerce (DOC) fosters conditions that create jobs; increases the productivity of the U.S. economy; encourages the economic growth that benefits all U.S. industries, workers, and consumers; enhances technological leadership and environmental stewardship; and supports market growth strategies. The Department’s budget goes to ensuring the operation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and National Telecommunications and Information Administration amongst many other organizations. Like other agencies, it is committed to pursuing this important mission while managing its finances effectively, which includes ensuring its payments are accurate, using only property it needs, and accounting for its finances properly.
Senior Real Property Officer: Mary Pleffner
Agency Real Property Profile
Per the Federal Real Property Profile, DOC uses 24.9 million square feet of space, of which 14.7 million square feet is Federally owned and 10.2 million square feet is leased. The graph to the right shows the different types of space the DOC uses.
DOC has an incredibly diverse portfolio of leased and owned property. Its profile contains: modern cutting edge laboratories for basic & marine research and standards setting; historic register facilities like the Herbert C. Hoover headquarters building and the Galveston Fisheries Laboratory; facilities for collecting, analyzing and forecasting weather, radio networks to alert the public to dangers; networks of offshore marine sanctuaries that protect habitats and educate the public; as well as facilities to support the collection of population and economic data; and thousands of equipment sites that support the collection, processing and dissemination of data products, enable execution of missions, and inform the public. The "All Others" slice of the graph is made up of numerous minor categories that includes laboratories, hospitals, prisons & detention centers and industrial buildings.
Reduction in Real Property Usage
Commerce has recently increased its initial goal for facility cost savings from $7.7 million to $10 million by the end of FY 2012. The chart on the right, “Progress Towards the Goal”, will identify the achievement to date progress of the Department.
Breakdown of Reduction
The Department will achieve its savings through multiple stratagems to reduce its footprint in new and existing space through consolidation, telework, and by scrutinizing and reducing space requirements.
