Environmental and Property Management

The Branch of Environmental Management provides technical assistance and review of environmental compliance requirements for schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education locations, including Tribally Controlled Schools, Bureau Operated School and residential boarding facilities. These activities include:

• Technical Support: Provide technical guidance and support related to environmental management, including developing scope of work and estimates for projects. Providing support to school facility staff to address environmental compliance and remediation efforts, emergency for facilities.
• Environmental Management System: The Indian Affairs uses the Environmental Management System (EMS) to manage environmental compliance and projects. The BIE BEM will manage and assist school in entries to the EMS.
• Training: Provide training on environmental issues and maintain compliance, including  training require for certification. Subject of trainings include the EMS, Water Quality, Air Quality, Hazardous Waste, etc.
• Coordination with other stakeholders: Provide coordination and facilitation with other stakeholders like USEPA, DFMC, BIA and schools on environmental issue such as compliance violation, remediation projects, etc.

Point of Contact:

Harold Clymo
Supervisory Environmental Specialist  
Branch of Environmental Management 
Harold.Clymo@bie.edu 

The Branch of Property Management serves to assure the appropriate use of federal personal and real property. BPM provide oversight, recommendations, and overall delegated responsibly of asset management and capital investments through the use of life cycle management of federal property. Branch goal is to maximizing asset preparation planning, accountability, and disposal for all locations with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), including Bureau Operated Schools, and Tribally Operated Schools.

The BPM coordinates Bureau-wide implementation of Federal policy and regulations for acquisition consideration, sustainability, and reallocation of resources within assigned area of responsibility. BPM collaborates with other stakeholders such as Tribal Entities, Inter-government Federal and state agencies, and schools to address logistical deficiencies or coordination on inventory process. The BPM is responsible for providing guidance and technical assistance to BIE programs/schools to ensure compliance with the following activities/functions:

Technical Support: Provides technical guidance and support related to property management, including guidance on property classification, internal/external processes, and improvement projects. Providing support to school facility staff on personal and real property annual inventory reporting and certification. Direct support provided routine property actions such as: Hand receipt (DI-105), transfer (DI-104), excess Personal Property (DI-103), and assisting with Reports of Survey (DI-103a) processes.

Property Management System: Digital asset data management from planning, requisition review, receiving, encoding, maintenance, and disposal/retirement within FBMS database.

Motor Vehicle Fleet Management: Provides technical support in oversight of both GSA leased and Agency Owned Fleet asset required reporting, maintenance, vehicles recall, Fleet Credit card A/OPC, and utilization entry completion, serves as subject matter expert in supporting local Utilization Clerk (UC) training and letter of designation. Assists customers in planning for vehicle replacements and other acquisition documentation data.

Training: Provides training on property management and related issues, including Coordination with other stakeholders like BIA and schools to address deficiencies or coordination on inventory process.

Capital Planning for Personal Property Assets.

Real Property Management: Assists sister DFMS Branches technical support in Assets Under Construction (CIP-005), building/structure numbers, and building accountability.

Point of Contact:

Michael Soman 
Acting Supervisory Property Management Specialist 
Cell Phone: (505) 934-3954

Sarah Murphy
Program Support Assistant 
Cell Phone: (505) 362-2469

Regional Accountable Property Officers:

Orrin Begay 
Property Management Specialist 
Cell phone: (505) 458-2948

Andrew Ainsworth 
Property Management Specialist 
Cell phone:505-934-1428

Leonard Henderson  
Property Management Specialist 
Cell phone: 505-458-2924

Loren Morgan 
Property Management Specialist 
Cell phone: 505-382-9876