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.

  • Reductions are reported as a positive value
  • According to the Reduce the Footprint Policy, agencies with fewer than 200 domestic warehouses are not required to set reduction 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
Government Wide Figures   Office and Warehouse combined
Total: 668,588,762 sq ft
688,588,762664,193,975659,647,726655,343,867651,278,432647,641,76120,947,001
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 1,894,856,251 sq ft
1,894,856,2511,890,612,8221,881,232,6591,873,357,0491,865,321,8681,854,514,95440,341,297
Department of AgricultureOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 32,623,505 sq ft
32,623,50532,458,16532,225,26132,095,71531,945,00731,817,920805,585
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 34,980,544 sq ft
34,980,54434,681,72034,562,57634,494,58334,494,58334,494,583485,961
Department of CommerceOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 12,124,081 sq ft
12,124,08111,994,08111,954,08111,874,08111,794,08111,594,081530,000
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 5,727,050 sq ft
5,727,0505,697,1155,659,9345,642,6345,642,6345,642,63484,416
Department of DefenseOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 321,271,955 sq ft
321,271,955321,144,860319,539,506318,476,215316,831,499315,391,4995,880,456
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 1,284,982,807 sq ft
1,284,982,8071,284,184,1561,280,799,8891,275,943,3971,270,154,0641,262,144,89522,837,912
Department of EducationOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 1,545,710 sq ft
1,545,7101,516,7481,516,7481,264,2471,224,0471,183,847361,863
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 0 sq ft
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Department of EnergyOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 36,665,561 sq ft
36,665,56136,572,56135,989,56135,946,56135,912,56135,891,561774,000
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 93,653,936 sq ft
93,653,93693,230,93690,258,33689,105,53688,733,23688,717,3364,936,600
Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 19,287,500 sq ft
19,287,50018,660,14518,575,81118,542,36218,499,58918,496,196791,304
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 28,271,861 sq ft
28,271,86128,050,53428,036,02027,953,62927,953,62927,953,629318,232
Department of Homeland SecurityOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 31,135,963 sq ft
31,135,96330,466,00830,496,52030,403,55529,771,54329,416,6881,719,275
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 38,600,240 sq ft
38,600,24038,466,40638,446,55638,444,51638,444,51638,140,016460,224
Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 3,098,523 sq ft
3,098,5232,838,5302,735,8642,671,6402,635,7812,614,507484,016
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 0 sq ft
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Department of JusticeOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 47,362,747 sq ft
47,362,74747,362,74747,362,74747,141,19247,141,19247,141,192221,555
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 68,822,059 sq ft
68,822,05968,822,05968,822,05968,822,05968,822,05968,822,0590
Department of LaborOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 6,927,600 sq ft
6,927,6006,943,0666,943,0666,896,7646,874,7646,859,76467,836
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 21,414,905 sq ft
21,414,90521,296,44521,226,93921,207,62621,176,85121,176,851238,054
Department of StateOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 7,010,913 sq ft
7,010,9137,010,9136,810,9136,785,9136,675,6196,675,619335,294
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 579,280 sq ft
579,280579,280579,280579,280579,280579,2800
Department of the InteriorOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 38,508,920 sq ft
38,508,92038,113,92037,993,92037,803,92037,508,92037,198,9201,310,000
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 89,721,964 sq ft
89,721,96489,186,96488,941,96488,701,96488,601,96488,476,9641,245,000
Department of The TreasuryOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 26,892,839 sq ft
26,892,83926,271,74225,452,62124,854,96824,194,45323,534,4533,358,386
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 3,169,302 sq ft
3,169,3023,169,3023,169,3023,169,3023,169,3023,169,3020
Department of TransportationOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 12,890,095 sq ft
12,890,09512,631,04412,493,36612,482,93112,407,93112,332,931557,164
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 17,721,981 sq ft
17,721,98117,727,98017,709,41817,677,59917,665,04217,648,63873,343
Department of Veterans AffairsOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 28,240,990 sq ft
28,240,99028,151,26027,648,82527,648,82527,571,31627,448,078792,912
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 142,100,967 sq ft
142,100,967141,998,743140,246,334140,246,334140,155,759139,982,6032,118,364
Environmental Protection AgencyOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 5,364,495 sq ft
5,364,4954,975,8514,860,2914,756,4634,756,4634,756,463608,032
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 3,023,751 sq ft
3,023,7513,023,7513,023,7513,023,7513,023,7513,002,83320,918
General Services AdministrationOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 5,183,256 sq ft
5,183,2564,838,3394,725,5974,658,0574,652,4024,645,021538,235
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 25,995,587 sq ft
25,995,58724,433,58724,433,58722,381,58720,753,58718,674,0877,321,500
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 15,715,619 sq ft
15,715,61915,833,74615,723,72615,115,03315,233,08015,196,908518,711
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 35,397,248 sq ft
35,397,24835,371,07535,463,89635,270,48335,258,84235,196,475200,773
National Science FoundationOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 597,354 sq ft
597,354597,354597,354597,354597,354597,3540
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 692,768 sq ft
692,768692,768692,768692,768692,768692,7680
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 1,079,543 sq ft
1,079,5431,076,5431,053,9821,031,4211,021,4211,011,42168,122
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 0 sq ft
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Office of Personnel ManagementOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 1,153,188 sq ft
1,153,1881,121,7271,121,7271,099,6031,099,603953,077200,111
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 0 sq ft
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Small Business AdministrationOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 1,297,809 sq ft
1,297,8091,264,0291,244,78121,0551,169,2101,163,665134,144
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 0 sq ft
0000000
Social Security AdministrationOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 11,701,596 sq ft
11,701,59611,441,59611,251,59611,091,59610,851,59610,811,596890,000
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 0 sq ft
0000000
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentOffice and Warehouse combined
Total: 909,000 sq ft
909,000909,000909,000909,000909,000909,0000
Owned property (excludes office and warehouse)
Total: 0 sq ft
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