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Agency Snapshot:
U.S. Agency for International Development The US Agency for International Development (USAID) advances United States foreign policy throughout the world by promoting broadly shared economic prosperity, strengthening democracy and good governance, improving global health, helping societies to prevent and recover from conflicts, and providing humanitarian relief in the wake of natural and man-made disasters. The agency’s budgetary resources is used to support economic and social development, in addition to human security and well-being in partnership with local governments, private voluntary organizations, universities, businesses, international agencies, and other governments to build stronger, more stable societies that respond to the needs of their people. Like other agencies, it is committed to pursuing this important mission while managing its finances effectively, using only property it needs, and accounting for its finances properly.
Senior Real Property Officer: John Peevey
Agency Real Property Profile
USAID uses 6.7million square feet of space, of which 1 million square feet is Federally owned and 5.7 million square feet is leased. The graph to the right shows the type of space USAID has in its inventory. USAID is a global agency with 109 locations in 97 countries around the world. USAID is co-located with the Department of State at 73 embassy compounds, helping to realize synergies thus supporting the “Smart Power” approach through efficient real property management. 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
USAID’s goal for cost savings by the end of the fiscal year 2012 is $130 million. The chart “Progress Towards the Goal” identifies the achievement to date towards the target.
Breakdown of Reduction
When the Presidential Memorandum on cost savings called Federal Agencies to action, USAID answered by establishing an aggressive target of $102 million in cost savings and cost avoidance through innovative approaches to old processes and paradigms. While USAID is a relatively small agency with only 0.15% of the total square footage of the United States government real property footprint, the global Agency is contributing 3.4% to the President’s goals. USAID has achieved its progress towards the goal through accelerated property disposals and rents avoided due to adjustments in our operating model. In addition, in the next year USAID will offset the cost of overseas expansion efforts by identifying a supplemental $30 million in cost savings and avoidance to maintain the contribution level towards the President’s goal of $3 billion in real property savings, bringing our total contribution to $144 million.
