The USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management, was the recipient of the prestigious Miles Romney Achievement Award for innovation in Personal Property management. This award was given to the Forest Service to recognize the unique and innovative nature of the Federal Excess Property Management Information System (FEPMIS).
The USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management, in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters, has created an automated property management system that provides full accountability and management functions for property acquired through the Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) program. This system, the Federal Excess Property Management Information System (FEPMIS), allows property managers at both State and Federal levels to automate all aspects of property management, from acquisition through disposal.
FEPMIS:
Allows State property managers to meet all Federal laws, regulations, and policies required of them for their participation in the program,
Automatically documents all actions,
Allows for electronic approvals of actions, thereby reducing turn-around time,
Prevents unauthorized actions by users, and prevents unauthorized access to the database,
Provides a full range of management options such as assignment and inventory certification, and
Interfaces with the General Services Administration’s FEDS system, so that any property allocated to the Forest Service’s State partners generates an entry in FEPMIS, thereby preventing any ‘lost’ property.
Team members who shared the award are April Baily, National FEPP Program Officer, Jan Polasky, Program Coordinator,
Brad Harwood, Database Manager, Melissa Frey, Property Disposal Specialist, and Kathy Greene, Property Disposal
Specialist.
The award was accepted on behalf of Fire and Aviation Management by Lindon Wiebe (left, below) representing Jerry T.
Williams. Also attending were Brad Harwood , Melissa Frey (3rd from left) and Kathy Greene (right), shown below with the
General Services Administration's Deputy Administrator Thurman M. Davis, Sr., (2nd from left) and G. Martin Wagner,
Associate Administrator (2nd from right).
All photos courtesy the General Services Administration.