Reduce the Footprint
THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE EFFICIENT USE OF REAL PROPERTY AND THE REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT POLICY
On March 25, 2015, OMB released the National Strategy for Real Property and the companion Reduce the Footprint. The National Strategy a three-step framework to improved real property management: freeze growth in the inventory, measure performance to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements through data driven decision-making, and ultimately reduce the size of the inventory by prioritizing actions to consolidate, co-locate, and dispose of properties. Over time, application of the National Strategy will improve the utilization of government owned buildings, lower the number of excess and underutilized properties, and improve the cost effectiveness and efficiency of the portfolio.
To aggressively make progress under this strategy, OMB issued Memorandum No.2015-01, the RTF policy, on March 25. This policy requires agencies to submit annual Real Property Efficiency Plans (Plan) to OMB that: (1) set annual square foot reduction targets for federal domestic buildings; (2) adopt an office space design standard to optimize federal domestic office space usage; and, (3) keep agencies’ office and warehouse portfolios below their FY 2015 FTF baselines. Under the RTF policy, OMB has established government-wide policy to use property as efficiently as possible and to reduce agency portfolios though annual reduction targets. The policy is an impetus for real property management transformation that will provide value to the taxpayer.
Agency "Reduce the Footprint" Baselines
REAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO: BACKGROUND
The Federal Government owns or leases roughly 1.1 million real property assets, including land, buildings, and structures. Within this portfolio, there are opportunities for savings by reducing Federally-occupied space and using space more efficiently. To achieve the goal of shrinking the Federal real estate inventory and reducing operating costs, the Administration has taken several steps to improve the management of Federal real property. The Administration will continue to build on this progress by pursuing a long-term strategy of freezing growth in the portfolio, measuring the cost and utilization of real property to support more efficient use, and identifying opportunities to reduce the portfolio through asset disposal.
FY 2015 OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE BASELINE CALCULATION METHODOLOGY
To ensure accountability and transparency on agency efforts toward not exceeding their individual office and warehouse baselines, FY15 baseline numbers are available with each agencies’ reduction targets. The amount of owned buildings space, excluding office and warehouse, is also provided to provide context to the reduction target for owned building space even though it is not an official baseline. The government-wide and individual agency baseline totals exclude the effect of agency reductions due to reclassification of asset type. To ensure consistency of the overall initiative, only actions that remove the actual asset from the agency’s inventory are credited as offsets.
Reduce the Footprint Agency Breakdown
The table below provides a summary of Federal Reduce the Footprint policy targets by agency. Select an agency to see both a more detailed granular breakdown of the targets and the progress being made to toward meeting these targets.
Agencies | Measure | 2015 RTF Baseline | 2016 RTF Target | 2017 RTF Target | 2018 RTF Target | 2019 RTF Target | 2020 RTF Target | SF Change FY2015 to FY2020 |
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Government Wide Figures | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 668,588,762 sq ft |
688,588,762 | 664,193,975 | 659,647,726 | 655,343,867 | 651,278,432 | 647,641,761 | 20,947,001 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 1,894,856,251 sq ft |
1,894,856,251 | 1,890,612,822 | 1,881,232,659 | 1,873,357,049 | 1,865,321,868 | 1,854,514,954 | 40,341,297 | |
Department of Agriculture | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 32,623,505 sq ft | 32,623,505 | 32,458,165 | 32,225,261 | 32,095,715 | 31,945,007 | 31,817,920 | 805,585 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 34,980,544 sq ft | 34,980,544 | 34,681,720 | 34,562,576 | 34,494,583 | 34,494,583 | 34,494,583 | 485,961 | |
Department of Commerce | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 12,124,081 sq ft | 12,124,081 | 11,994,081 | 11,954,081 | 11,874,081 | 11,794,081 | 11,594,081 | 530,000 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 5,727,050 sq ft | 5,727,050 | 5,697,115 | 5,659,934 | 5,642,634 | 5,642,634 | 5,642,634 | 84,416 | |
Department of Defense | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 321,271,955 sq ft | 321,271,955 | 321,144,860 | 319,539,506 | 318,476,215 | 316,831,499 | 315,391,499 | 5,880,456 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 1,284,982,807 sq ft | 1,284,982,807 | 1,284,184,156 | 1,280,799,889 | 1,275,943,397 | 1,270,154,064 | 1,262,144,895 | 22,837,912 | |
Department of Education | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 1,545,710 sq ft | 1,545,710 | 1,516,748 | 1,516,748 | 1,264,247 | 1,224,047 | 1,183,847 | 361,863 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 0 sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Energy | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 36,665,561 sq ft | 36,665,561 | 36,572,561 | 35,989,561 | 35,946,561 | 35,912,561 | 35,891,561 | 774,000 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 93,653,936 sq ft | 93,653,936 | 93,230,936 | 90,258,336 | 89,105,536 | 88,733,236 | 88,717,336 | 4,936,600 | |
Department of Health and Human Services | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 19,287,500 sq ft | 19,287,500 | 18,660,145 | 18,575,811 | 18,542,362 | 18,499,589 | 18,496,196 | 791,304 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 28,271,861 sq ft | 28,271,861 | 28,050,534 | 28,036,020 | 27,953,629 | 27,953,629 | 27,953,629 | 318,232 | |
Department of Homeland Security | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 31,135,963 sq ft | 31,135,963 | 30,466,008 | 30,496,520 | 30,403,555 | 29,771,543 | 29,416,688 | 1,719,275 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 38,600,240 sq ft | 38,600,240 | 38,466,406 | 38,446,556 | 38,444,516 | 38,444,516 | 38,140,016 | 460,224 | |
Department of Housing and Urban Development | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 3,098,523 sq ft | 3,098,523 | 2,838,530 | 2,735,864 | 2,671,640 | 2,635,781 | 2,614,507 | 484,016 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 0 sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Justice | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 47,362,747 sq ft | 47,362,747 | 47,362,747 | 47,362,747 | 47,141,192 | 47,141,192 | 47,141,192 | 221,555 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 68,822,059 sq ft | 68,822,059 | 68,822,059 | 68,822,059 | 68,822,059 | 68,822,059 | 68,822,059 | 0 | |
Department of Labor | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 6,927,600 sq ft | 6,927,600 | 6,943,066 | 6,943,066 | 6,896,764 | 6,874,764 | 6,859,764 | 67,836 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 21,414,905 sq ft | 21,414,905 | 21,296,445 | 21,226,939 | 21,207,626 | 21,176,851 | 21,176,851 | 238,054 | |
Department of State | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 7,010,913 sq ft | 7,010,913 | 7,010,913 | 6,810,913 | 6,785,913 | 6,675,619 | 6,675,619 | 335,294 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 579,280 sq ft | 579,280 | 579,280 | 579,280 | 579,280 | 579,280 | 579,280 | 0 | |
Department of the Interior | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 38,508,920 sq ft | 38,508,920 | 38,113,920 | 37,993,920 | 37,803,920 | 37,508,920 | 37,198,920 | 1,310,000 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 89,721,964 sq ft | 89,721,964 | 89,186,964 | 88,941,964 | 88,701,964 | 88,601,964 | 88,476,964 | 1,245,000 | |
Department of The Treasury | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 26,892,839 sq ft | 26,892,839 | 26,271,742 | 25,452,621 | 24,854,968 | 24,194,453 | 23,534,453 | 3,358,386 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 3,169,302 sq ft | 3,169,302 | 3,169,302 | 3,169,302 | 3,169,302 | 3,169,302 | 3,169,302 | 0 | |
Department of Transportation | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 12,890,095 sq ft | 12,890,095 | 12,631,044 | 12,493,366 | 12,482,931 | 12,407,931 | 12,332,931 | 557,164 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 17,721,981 sq ft | 17,721,981 | 17,727,980 | 17,709,418 | 17,677,599 | 17,665,042 | 17,648,638 | 73,343 | |
Department of Veterans Affairs | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 28,240,990 sq ft | 28,240,990 | 28,151,260 | 27,648,825 | 27,648,825 | 27,571,316 | 27,448,078 | 792,912 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 142,100,967 sq ft | 142,100,967 | 141,998,743 | 140,246,334 | 140,246,334 | 140,155,759 | 139,982,603 | 2,118,364 | |
Environmental Protection Agency | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 5,364,495 sq ft | 5,364,495 | 4,975,851 | 4,860,291 | 4,756,463 | 4,756,463 | 4,756,463 | 608,032 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 3,023,751 sq ft | 3,023,751 | 3,023,751 | 3,023,751 | 3,023,751 | 3,023,751 | 3,002,833 | 20,918 | |
General Services Administration | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 5,183,256 sq ft | 5,183,256 | 4,838,339 | 4,725,597 | 4,658,057 | 4,652,402 | 4,645,021 | 538,235 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 25,995,587 sq ft | 25,995,587 | 24,433,587 | 24,433,587 | 22,381,587 | 20,753,587 | 18,674,087 | 7,321,500 | |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 15,715,619 sq ft | 15,715,619 | 15,833,746 | 15,723,726 | 15,115,033 | 15,233,080 | 15,196,908 | 518,711 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 35,397,248 sq ft | 35,397,248 | 35,371,075 | 35,463,896 | 35,270,483 | 35,258,842 | 35,196,475 | 200,773 | |
National Science Foundation | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 597,354 sq ft | 597,354 | 597,354 | 597,354 | 597,354 | 597,354 | 597,354 | 0 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 692,768 sq ft | 692,768 | 692,768 | 692,768 | 692,768 | 692,768 | 692,768 | 0 | |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 1,079,543 sq ft | 1,079,543 | 1,076,543 | 1,053,982 | 1,031,421 | 1,021,421 | 1,011,421 | 68,122 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 0 sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Office of Personnel Management | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 1,153,188 sq ft | 1,153,188 | 1,121,727 | 1,121,727 | 1,099,603 | 1,099,603 | 953,077 | 200,111 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 0 sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Small Business Administration | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 1,297,809 sq ft | 1,297,809 | 1,264,029 | 1,244,781 | 21,055 | 1,169,210 | 1,163,665 | 134,144 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 0 sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Social Security Administration | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 11,701,596 sq ft | 11,701,596 | 11,441,596 | 11,251,596 | 11,091,596 | 10,851,596 | 10,811,596 | 890,000 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 0 sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Agency for International Development | Office and Warehouse combined Total: 909,000 sq ft | 909,000 | 909,000 | 909,000 | 909,000 | 909,000 | 909,000 | 0 |
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse) Total: 0 sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |