Agency Snapshot: Department of Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) mission is to provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management. The vision is to expand economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production sustainability that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world; and to preserve and conserve our Nation’s natural resources through restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands. USDA’s success lies in our core values of transparency, participation, collaboration, accountability, customer focus, professionalism, and results orientation.

 

Department of Agriculture: Reduce the Footprint Net SF reductions FY15-FY20*

Office and Warehouse

In 2015 the reduce the footprint data was baselined as a starting point that future progress can be measured against. 2015 baselines for Office and Warehouse are marked below in gray.

    FY2015 † FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2020 Totals
FY 2015 Office
Baseline Sq/Ft: 27,536,789		 Total SF ‡ 27,536,789 sq ft 0 0 0 0 0 0
Target SF Reduction ♦ N/A*** 138,671 205,388 129,546 150,708 127,087 751,400
Actual SF Reduction ★ N/A*** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Variance ♢ N/A*** 138,671 205,388 129,546 150,708 127,087 751,400
FY 2015 Warehouse
Baseline Sq/Ft: 5,086,716		 Total SF ‡ 5,086,716 sq ft 0 0 0 0 0 0
Target SF Reduction ♦ N/A*** 26,669 27,516 0 0 0 54,185
Actual SF Reduction ★ N/A*** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Variance ♢ N/A*** 26,669 27,516 0 0 0 54,185
FY 2015 Office and Warehouse combined
Baseline Sq/Ft: 32,623,505		 Total SF ‡ 32,623,505 sq ft 0 0 0 0 0 0
Target SF Reduction ♦ N/A*** 165,340 232,904 129,546 150,708 127,087 805,585
Actual SF Reduction ★ N/A*** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Variance ♢ N/A*** 165,340 232,904 129,546 150,708 127,087 805,585

Explanation of data:

  • ★ Reductions are reported as a positive value.
  • † FY2015 is the baseline year for this initiative. Target and Actual reductions are not available.
  • ‡ According to the Reduce the Footprint Policy, agencies with fewer than 200 domestic warehouses are not required to set reduction targets.
  • ♦ Represents future data that has not yet been reported. Actual SF Reductions are reported annually in Q2 of the following fiscal year.
  • ♢ Variance = [Previous year's target or baseline reduction] - [This year's actual reduction]

Owned property

2015 Owned Property is marked below in gray.

    FY2015 † FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2020 Totals
FY 2015 Owned Property
Total Sq/Ft: 34,980,544		 Total SF ‡ 34,980,544 sq ft 0 0 0 0 0 0
Target SF Reduction ♦ N/A*** 298,824 119,144 67,993 0 0 485,961
Actual SF Reduction ★ N/A*** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Variance ♢ N/A*** 298,824 119,144 67,993 0 0 485,961