Section 743 of Division C of the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act, P.L. 111-117, requires civilian agencies to prepare an annual inventory of their service contracts. A service contract inventory is a tool for assisting an agency in better understanding how contracted services are being used to support mission and operations and whether the contractors’ skills are being utilized in an appropriate manner. The effective development and analysis of a service contract inventory as part of human capital planning can help an agency determine if its mix of federal employees and contractors for a given program is effectively balanced or if re-balancing may be required.The Department of Education has made its FY10 Service Contract Inventory is available here. If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Dempster, Contracts and Acquisitions Management, (202) 245-6068 or Carolyn.Dempster@ed.gov