Operation and Maintenance of Quarters

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Operation and Maintenance of Quarters The Federal Employees Quarters Facilities Act (Pub.L. 98-473, as amended (5 U.S.C. 5911)), authorizes Federal agencies to provide housing and related conveniences to their employees when conditions of employment or availability of housing warrant such action. The Law requires collection of rent and charges for related conveniences made available in connection with the occupancy of the housing unit. Funds collected are deposited into an account in the U.S. Treasury and made available to the IA Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of Quarters. These funds are distributed to the servicing quarter's management program and expended for daily O&M activities at the location where the monies were collected. The O&M Quarters program oversees management of over 2,500 housing units leased to IA employees, including single family houses, duplexes, triplexes, apartments, mobile homes, and trailer spaces. Rental rates for government-owned housing are determined through the Internet Quarters Management Information System (iQMIS), a centralized, web-based database and management tool. Rental rates take into consideration such factors as remoteness, age, and physical conditions of the quarters. The iQMIS interfaces with the Financial Business and Management System (FBMS), creating transparency coupled with improved audits, reconciliation, tracking, and distribution of funds. This system provides real time data for management and reporting. The Office of Facilities, Property, & Safety Management (OFPSM) provides management oversight for the O&M of quarters and maintains the national iQMIS database. Regions and agencies provide oversight at the local level. Quarters operation activities and costs include administrative services, utility system services/expenses, refuse disposal, fire protection, maintenance vehicle costs, communications costs, and pest control. Maintenance and repair activities and costs include routine preventive, routine cyclical, and unscheduled (emergency) work for quarters units and related structures (i.e., detached quarters garages), equipment and utility system repairs.

Extracted from Bureau of Indian Affairs, p. 215. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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