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WASHINGTON (Dec. 14, 2015) – Ms. Diane Randon, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, recognized six members of the U.S. Army Force Management Support Agency (USAFMSA) for their work on a recent delayering effort at a ceremony held at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Randon presented each CP26 careerist with a coin and a letter of appreciation from Lt. Gen. David D. Halverson, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM).
“This team exceeded expectations demonstrating a strong work ethic and technical expertise and exceptional customer service in the rapid establishment of our fiscal year 2019 Objective TDA,” said Randon. “It was important to let them know how much we appreciated their service and support.”
The delayering initiative started from a 2013 directive from the Secretary of Defense who wanted the services to reduce headquarters staff, both manpower and budgetary by 20% by fiscal year 2019. The Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army directed that all Army staff elements reduce Army headquarters manpower by 25%. Following a comprehensive overview of force structure, reduction techniques were designed in order to meet this reduction, while maintaining readiness and force structure. USAFMSA was tasked by the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army and G-3/5/7 to document ACSIM’s organizational design on the fiscal year 2019 Objective TDAs with remark codes identifying fiscal year 2017 through 2019 reductions.
“ACSIM reduced our total civilian end strength by 31%. The actual delaying increased our span of control from six to eight, eliminated echelon seven, reduced 41 manager positions and downgraded 28 positions,” said Randon. “Our human capital is our most important asset and we must ensure that our ACSIM mission to serve Soldiers, Civilians and Families is not degraded as we transition to our new delayered design. We are robustly working recruiting actions to maintain our end strength. The delaying project provided us an opportunity to reorganize, and I believe it will produce a more capable and effective team.”
“The major challenge facing ACSIM was the merging of the Field Operating Agency document into the headquarters document,” said Eddie W. White, Chief, TDA & Special Programs Division, USAFMSA. “The data that consulting group provided did not contain key data elements essential to building a TDA , nor did it provide a reliable method to crosswalk data back to the current TDAs. USAFMSA documenters had to meticulously review each individual billet in the current TDA and try to extrapolate the new structure based on the given data. The building of the delayered documents was one of the most significant challenges that the TDA Division has met in recent years.”
Following the ceremony, Randon received an organizational briefing from Col. Keith Rivers, Deputy Commander, USAFMSA. The briefing provided an overview of the organization and illustrated where it fits in to the Army, the role it plays and the diverse missions it undertakes.
“I very much appreciated the chance to receive the briefing. I know what USAFMSA does for us, and it was informative to understand their broader mission,” said Randon. “It also gave me a better appreciation for their workload as we constantly reshape and downsize our Army.”
“I have always held a high regard for these professionals. As a Comptroller careerist, I worked closely with the Manpower team. Resources are both dollar and human resources,” said Randon. “Additionally, they bring a different perspective to the table, concentrating on the space requirements rather than the faces encumbering them. I commend Ms. Hancock for doing a phenomenal job building the CP26 competencies to focus on the strategic relevance of our future force managers.”
| Date Taken: | 12.14.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 12.16.2015 12:32 |
| Story ID: | 184677 |
| Location: | THE PENTAGON, DC, US |
| Hometown: | FORT BELVOIR, VA, US |
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