OPM Seal U.S. Office of Personnel Management

FY 2000
Budget Justification/Performance Plan

(Revolving Fund Account - continued)
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OPM STRATEGIC GOAL IV:  DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY, COST-EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES TO FEDERAL AGENCIES, EMPLOYEES, ANNUITANTS AND THE PUBLIC.

FY 2000 Resource Summary:

Obligations (000): $89,748

Full-Time Equivalents:35
  • Provide a broad range of high-quality, cost-effective investigative products to Federal agencies.
IS Goal 4
FY 1999/2000: 		The quality of investigations is maintained, workload demands are met with timely, relevant products and the cost to the agencies is decreased.
Means Blue Arrow Head  Ensure the quality of investigative and adjudicative case products through continuous contract oversight review and audit sampling.
Blue Arrow Head  Reduce the cost to agencies for personnel security investigations by applying contractual price reductions and OPM net profits to reducing prices to customer agencies.
Blue Arrow Head  Monitor the ESOP contract and related costs.
Blue Arrow Head  Prepare to renew/renegotiate the second option year of the contract with the ESOP company to further reduce Government-furnished expenses.
Blue Arrow Head  Contractor performance is evaluated against standards to determine whether to use the option years of the contract.
    
Indicators/Performance Results Blue Arrow Head   Quality of the contractor’s case products meets OPM standards.

In FY 1998, carried out an intensive contractor oversight function to ensure that our contractor was maintaining a quality control inspection system which will assure that all investigative products submitted to OPM conform to contract requirements. In addition to these contract requirements, we also continued, on a sampling basis, mail recontacts of sources to obtain public feedback.

In FY 1999/FY 2000 continue to monitor the quality of investigative work performed by the contractor.
Blue Arrow Head   Percentage reduction in prices charged to OPM’s customer agencies.

In FY 1998 reduced the price of OPM’s most expensive product, the Single Scope Background Investigation by 14 percent.

In FY 1999/FY 2000 offer agency customers more competitive case prices.
Blue Arrow Head  OPM recovers program operating costs through effective case pricing.

In FY 1998 reduced OPM costs for telephone use by the contractor. Entered into preliminary discussions with our investigative contractor to further reduce OPM’s expenses in connection with the contract.

In FY 1999/2000 implement further cost reductions.
Blue Arrow Head  Develop new products based on customer needs.

In FY 1998 developed four new investigative products which add coverage to existing products to meet customer needs.

In FY 1999/FY 2000 develop new products to meet agencies’ expanding coverage needs.
Blue Arrow Head  Carried out investigative workload for our customers through use of our contract with the ESOP private contract company.

WORKLOAD MEASURES
 

FY 1998

FY 1999

FY 2000
Background Investigations

46,026

42,500

42,500
National Agency Checks/National Agency Checks with Inquiries

104,782

110,000

110,000
Special Agency Checks

192,143

192,000

192,000

 

VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION

  • Standard accounting methods and tracking software will be used to validate workload measures and validate the health of the business.

FY 2000 BUDGET CHANGES:

An increase of $2,035,000 is estimated to cover the cost of pay raise and inflation.

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