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ESP
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The Experienced Services Program (ESP) will provide support to the National Park Service (NPS) on natural and cultural resource conservation projects that enable the agency to carry out its mission. Special emphasis will be placed on projects that improve the maintenance of our national park resources and enhance the visitor experience. ESP participants will provide technical assistance and support to the NPS in the development and execution of projects that benefit the general public and provide support to NPS employees. This program will provide opportunities to qualified individuals 55 years of age and older, who have specific technical skills and abilities not available or underrepresented at current NPS staffing levels. The ESP participants will not replace or displace current NPS employees.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
This is a new program, therefore no project have yet been undertaken.
Senior citizen participants served as mentors to youth and others working in National Parks, and NPS programs. Seniors assisted with research, cataloging projects, facilities improvements and other activities.
A number of agreements have been initiated to place senior citizen participants in parks and park program offices to assist in achieving the NPS mission. More information will be available next fiscal year.
Life to date total number of task agreements: 150 Number of parks/offices using the ESP as of 9/30/22: 65 Additional new parks/offices using the ESP as of 7/17/23: 20 (more to come as pending FY23 task agreements are awarded) Unique individuals enrolled in the NPS life-to-date: 229 Just under half of our enrollees (as of FY22) had never been NPS employees, so they bring interesting and useful perspectives to their offices. Important additions to portfolio: Several parks (Yosemite, Glacier) saw great value in the ESP and executed 5 task agreements each, supporting several aspects of park operations, from finance to construction to EMS and wilderness planning. Mather Building Arts and Craftsmanship High School also used the ESP in FY22, continuing into FY23, to access the skills of experienced artisans and professionals to plan lessons and actively teach the students during the school year and during summer programs. These enrollees have skills ranging from stone masonry to video production. New initiatives: The Maintenance Action Teams are interested in using the ESP to leverage experienced workers to help plan projects, coordinating with youth programs as necessary, around the NPS. Wildland fire programs in several regions are also using ESP to accomplish the necessary updates to fire management plans that are due soon.
Accomplishment includes utilizing and Experiences Services Program (ESP) enrollee to provide project-based support for two great American Outdoor Act initiatives, including assisting with the planning and compliance in the pre-NEPA and NEPA phases and completing environmental assessments.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
