资源环境科技发展态势分析平台

On June 21-22, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a virtual workshop on behalf of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This was the final in a series of workshops undertaken as part of a consensus study to prepare a resource planning and staffing methodology for VHA Facility Management (Engineering) Programs. In its consensus study report, the committee determined that the implementation of a staffing methodology is necessary for the VHA - both in response to congressional mandates for workforce projections and for the purpose of making better, data-informed staffing decisions; thus, the VHA began to develop an engineering staffing tool. The purpose of this workshop was to provide an update on the current status of and future opportunities for the VHA staffing tool, examine benchmarking for facilities, and discuss implementation. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.