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Managing the Multi-Sector Workforce

On July 29, 2009, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Memorandum called, “Managing the Multi-Sector Workforce.”  Click Here to view the Memorandum

The memorandum requires that agencies in-source all inherently governmental functions being performed by contract.  It also directs agencies to examine whether the agency’s performance has suffered due to an over-reliance on the contract workforce.

The State Department’s Commercial Services Management Office (A/CSM) is running the OMB-directed effort. 

This office helps the Department comply with the following mandates:

  •   Obama Administration Initiative: Managing the multi-sector workforce
  •   Congressional Mandates: In-sourcing Inherently Governmental functions
  •   Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Policy Letter 11-01 – Performance of Inherently Governmental and Critical Functions
  •   Service Contracting review and analysis




HIGHLIGHTS

The Department’s first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review highlighted the need to ensure that a balance exists between the government and contractor workforce. A/CSM is the office that will coordinate efforts in this area, having pioneered a process to examine a given workforce and assess which of its functions are critical as well as how to analyze relative cost of the government and contract staff.