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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

1 Estate Programmatic Review

The Department is divided into the following five program divisions: the Division of Citywide Personnel Services (DCPS), the Division of Municipal Supply Services (DMSS), the Division of Facilities Management and Construction (DFMC), the Division of Real Estate Services (DRES), and the Division of Financial and Administrative Services. ; / Division of Citywide Personnel Management Services inary set The Division of Citywide Personnel Services (DCPS) is responsible for the classification of positions and !,482 salaries, civil service administration, personnel development and training, citywide redeployment, and other special programs such as the Employee Blood Program, the Urban Corps, Public Service Corps, and Leadership ),067 Institute programs/ DCPS also offers Work Experience Program (WEP) participants the opportunity to learn clerical and office skills. > / □49 In order to simplify civil service job titles and streamline exam administration, DCPS is continuing its strategy 5,436 to consolidate, reclassify, and broadband titles with overlapping functions. The Division continues its efforts to 1,222 reduce, eliminate or combine civil service examinations for titles that require similar knowledge and Skills. DCPS eliminated 14 competitive civil service titles thus far in 2001. In addition, the number of provisional employees t,426 citywide has dropped from 35,937 in January 1994 to the current level of 30,220 - a reduction of 16 percent. Examinations are administered by DCPS for city and non-city entities such‘as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority. The preliminary plan for examinations in 2002 includes 1,000 95 civil service examinations and 30 license examinations. As of March, 66 civil service and 16 license exams 1,465 were administered in 2001.

1749 The Office of Citywide Equal Employment Opportunity (OCEEO), an office within DCPS, monitors compliance with the Citywide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy. The EEO policy requires agencies to conduct specialized training programs and document workforce composition. City agencies are required to ,;(5) report annually to OCEEO on compliance with the EEO policy. OCEEO carries out its monitoring function through training initiatives, agency site visits, and interviewing City personnel.

121 Division of Real Estate Services 116 The Division of Real Estate Services (DRES) offers real property services including broker services, site searches, lease services, and property acquisition for client agencies. This division also provides architectural design and project management services for client agencies in both DCAS managed and privately owned space. The Division manages and oversees approximately 20 City leases as well as the leasing of city owned commercial properties. DRES manages and disposes of City owned commercial properties acquired through tax foreclosure, condemnation, and the transfer or surrender of City surplus properties.

The Division effectuated a lease for a space consolidation for the Department of Finance Manhattan Business ■ Center in 2001. Currently, DRES anticipates signing leases for the Department of Finance Bronx Business Center and for the Human Resource Administration’s Management Information Systems division by the end of 2002.

The Division also provides lease auditing for various client agencies to ensure proper lease billing and management. Over $10.3 million in recoveries and credits from the Lease Audit Program have been realized sintel993.

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