FY 2001 FAIR Inventory

Office of Management and Budget
Annual Management Report
Fiscal Year 2001 Inventory of Commercial Activities

This is the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) report detailing its management of the performance of commercial activities reported in our FY 2000 Inventory of Commercial Activities.

OMB's FY 2000 Inventory of Commercial Activities

OMB prepared for its 2000 inventory of Commercial Activities in June 2000 by reviewing all FTE/positions in the institution. Each position was reviewed to determine whether it was inherently governmental or commercial. For positions that were determined to be commercial activities, OMB verified the FTE numbers and assigned the proper function and reason code.

The inventory review determined that 11 positions in OMB (approximately 2 percent of OMB's 518 FTE) were performing commercial activities. Those positions were placed in the Reason Code B because they were considered activities performed by Federal employees and are subject to the cost comparison or direct conversion requirements of the Circular and its Supplement.

OMB approved the inventory in July of 2000. OMB made its inventory available to the public through its internet web site. A copy was also sent to Congress.

Challenge

No challenge or appeal was received to OMB's FY 2000 FAIR Act inventory report.

FY 2001 Inventory Process

OMB’s FAIR Act inventory appears small for two reasons. First, OMB is a relatively small agency providing staff support within the Executive Office of the President. In most other agencies, positions responsible for internal administrative support (e.g., information technology, mail delivery, library services, support for supplies and building services) are typically included on their FAIR Act inventories. Within the Executive Office of the President, however, these internal administrative functions are generally handled by the Office of Administration and are not available to OMB to include as part of its inventory. And, the Office of Administration has determined that they are exempt from reporting under the FAIR Act. It is estimated that there are over 100 positions in the Office of Administration that provide support to OMB which could potentially be included on a FAIR Act inventory.

Second, OMB has already contracted out a number of OMB-specific information technology operations, and over 30 contractors now perform this function. For example:

• OMB contracts out ADP facilities operations for MAX through the Sungard Data Center in New Jersey;
   
• Three OMB servers are maintained by government and contractor staff in the Executive Office of the President's Office of Administration;
   
• For ADP application development, OMB utilizes three commercial contracts;
   
• OMB contracts for internal PC deployment, technical advice and guidance, specific IT projects, equipment repair and installation, and other hardware and software support;
   
• OMB contracts with GSA for the establishment and maintenance of its regulatory tracking system as well as for technical advice and guidance on record keeping systems.

Even so, OMB is expanding its FAIR Act inventory. For FY 2001, OMB began with the 11 positions on its FY 2000 FAIR Act inventory. OMB did a complete review of its staff and expanded the FY 2001 list to include all internal information technology related jobs. The FY 2001 list contains 19 positions deemed commercial -- one (1) printing officer, one (1) motor vehicle operator, seventeen (17) computer specialists/information management specialists -- a total of 8 additional positions.

Agency Review of Inventory

During FY 2002, OMB will review whether it would be more economical to have its commercial activities performed by commercial sources or other agencies.

Office of Management and Budget
FY 2001

Annual Inventory of Commercial Activities Under
The Federal Activities Reform Act (P.L. 105-270)