THE ORGANIZATION TEAM

U.S. Department of the Interior

Since its creation in 1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior has evolved to become the guardian of the Nation's most precious natural and cultural resources and the steward of its trust responsibilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives. As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the Department manages our country's resources to benefit the American people and preserve the rich and precious heritage of this country. Once known as the department "of everything else," its stewardship responsibilities touch the lives of the American people in many ways. It preserves the places that give America its proud sense of our history -- from Independence Hall to Gettysburg. It protects breathtaking landscapes of special natural beauty, from the Grand Canyon to Mount Rainier. It provides for the environmentally sound production of oil, gas, and other mineral resources found on America's public lands. It honors this Nation's obligations to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. It protects habitat to sustain the nation's fish and wildlife. It helps the states manage water resources for millions of people in the Western states. It provides vital scientific and technical information for sound natural resource decision making. Most important, the U.S. Department of the Interior listens to the American people and builds unique working partnerships with those that it serves.

ICRC

ICRC offers a full spectrum of services including planning, analyzing, engineering, and integrating facility designs, programs, plans, and information systems in addition to energy services. ICRC Inc. is owned by Koniag, Inc. through its subsidiary, the Kazim Company, which is an Alaskan Native Corporation. Kazim owns extensive land, timber, and mineral assets in the Kodiak Region of Alaska. Koniag's entry into federal contracting led to its acquisition of the ICRC sector. The company, established in 1988, is an 8(a) certified firm that provides responsive and competitive consulting and advisory service to government agencies, architects, engineers, and building owners. ICRC is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, and has an office in Madison Heights, Michigan. ICRCs program planning and analysis services include: strategic planning; financial tracing and analysis; efficiency and effectiveness reviews; system fielding plans; modernization planning; scheduling and performance; acquisition support; and risk assessment/abatement. Its information systems services include: software engineering; technical database development; system design and development; ADP life-cycle support; programming; and technical data package development.

SAP

SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing) is the market leader of inter-enterprise software solutions. SAP is also the world's largest inter-enterprise software company and the world's fourth-largest independent software supplier, overall. Founded in 1972 by five former IBM systems engineers, SAP employs over 20,500 people in more than 50 countries who are dedicated to providing high-level customer support and services. SAP software is deployed at more than 22,000 business installations in more than 100 countries and is currently used by companies of all sizes, including more than half of the world's 500 top companies. The technological foundation for SAP collaborative business solutions is the SAP Internet-Business Framework, which supports a company's ability to create an agile business software environment enabling fast responses to new business demands. It provides a comprehensive, scaleable platform with which companies can conduct e-business. Strengths in SAP technology that facilitate inter-enterprise collaboration and interoperability include an inherently thin-client, three-tier Internet architecture, more than 1,500 open interface definitions openly published on the Web, and an open and flexible component-based architecture. Platform support for parallel application and database servers provides for high scaleability. At the same time, the SAP architecture offers customers world-class reliability and security as well as the reassurance of accepted industry standards such as the Extensible Markup Language (XML). Supported by this platform are more than 1,000 predefined "best-practice" business processes spanning broad functional software requirements. SAP R/3 Human Resources offers the most comprehensive global HRMS solution, with human resources, payroll and time management capabilities, including standard language, currency and regulatory requirements, for more than 30 countries.

THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

The FHRIS Project has a wealth of knowledgeable, respected executives committed to the success of the project team. These executives include:

• Mari R. Barr (DOI Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources)
• John Berry (DOI Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget)
• Carolyn Cohen (DOI Director, Office of Personnel Policy and FPPS System Owner)
• Don Iffland (Vice President - Information Technology, ICRC)
• Bob Lamb (DOI Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance)
• Sky Lesher (DOI Deputy Chief Finance Officer)
• Tim Vigotsky (DOI Director, National Business Center and FPPS System Manager)
• Daryl White (DOI Chief Information Officer)
• Barbara Rivera (SAP - Vice President Field Operations)
• Craig Miller (SAP - Director Federal Consulting Services)
• Harrish Luthra (SAP - Federal Consulting Manager)

THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM

The FHRIS Project has several individuals committed to the day to day management of the Project and the Project Team. These individuals are:

• Dave Anderson (Project Manager - DOI Office of Personnel Policy) - BIO
• Ron Bowman (Team Operations Manager - DOI Office of Personnel Policy) - BIO
• Don Iffland (Vice President - Information Technology, ICRC)
• Stephanie Robbs (Integration Manager - DOI National Business Center Products and Services, Denver)
• Nelson Velez Jr. (Project Manager - SAP, Public Sector, Federal Division)

THE PROJECT TEAM

The FHRIS Project would never be possible without the expertise and commitment of the Project Team members. These members include:

• Jerry Adams (ICRC/SAP - Consultant from HPC America)
• Allison Beard (DOI - Office of Surface Mining)
• Linda Behlin (DOI - U.S. Geological Survey)
• Debra Bird (DOI - National Park Service)
• Karin Christensen (DOI - Fish and Wildlife Service)
• Bob Eckert (DOI - Fish and Wildlife Service)
• Ellen Encarnacion (SAP)
• Jerry Ganiere (DOI - Bureau of Reclamation)
• Steve Hadley (ICRC/SAP - Consultant from Softguide International)
• Kathy Haggerty (DOI - Office of Surface Mining)
• Max Harrison (ICRC/SAP - Consultant from Argus Integrated Solutions)
• Janie Houde (DOI - Minerals Management Service)
• Rajat Jain (ICRC/SAP - Consultant from Rapidigm Inc.)
• Bill Janssen (SAP)
• Louis Knobel (ICRC/SAP - Consultant from Real Enterprise Solutions)
• Beres Muschett (DOI - Bureau of Land Management)
• Wanda Oeser (DOI - National Business Center/Products and Services)
• Rosemary Ravenscroft (DOI - National Business Center/Products and Services)
• Ivelisse Reyes (DOI - Bureau of Land Management)
• Michael Rogers (DOI - National Park Service)
• Frances Steburg (Social Security Administration)
• Richard Sullivan (DOI - National Business Center/Products and Services)
• John Swansby (SAP)
• Sunil Varde (ICRC)
• Bob Veltkamp (DOI - DOI University)
• Tammy Washington (DOI - National Park Service)
• Charla Weeks (ICRC/SAP - Consultant from Deloitte Consulting)
• Jaap Wessels (ICRC/SAP - Consultant from Real Enterprise Solutions)

PROJECT FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

The FHRIS Project seeks to improve functional support to all areas of human resources management (HRM). To ensure the support provided to each functional area meets federal HRM requirements, the project team has been divided into functional teams. Those teams are:

Staffing Team: This team looks at all staffing functionality, with the exception of Reduction-In-Force processing support. This includes recruitment (including applicant tracking); automated rating and ranking; and priority consideration.

RIF Team: This team looks at Reduction-In-Force functionality including the development of retention registers; support tools (qualification lists and bump/retreat lists); and the ability to perform mock-RIFs.

Classification and Organizational Management Team: This team looks at the ability for SAP to handle all Federal pay systems (Wage Grade, General Schedule, Senior Executive Service, etc.); federal classification requirements (including pay-banding); and typical Federal organizational structures.

Employee Development, Train and Events Management and Skills Bank Team: This team looks at the automated capability to process employees training (automated SF 182); produce Individual Development Plans; ability to do career and succession planning; and the ability to do workforce planning.

Employee-Management Relations, Labor Relations, Complaint and Case Tracking Team: This team looks at the ability to operate a performance management program (performance and disciplinary actions, appraisals, awards, etc.); track discipline and performance cases; and track complaints (including EEO, grievances, appeals and other third-party complaints).

Integration and Interface Team: This team looks at the issues involved with interfacing and integrating FPPS with SAP and other related systems (FFS, etc.). This team will also look at personnel actions, personnel administration, payroll and benefits including how they will operate between FPPS and SAP.

For Functional Team assignments, click here.