Lanny Huber, Quarters Rental Program Manager, retired on June 3, 2004 with 34 years of government service. Lanny began his service with the U.S. Army. He spent a year as a first lieutenant in Viet Nam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. From 1972 through 1988 he worked for the Bureau of Reclamation, supervising numerous administrative functions. In 1988, he came to the Denver Administrative Service Center, one of the predecessors to the National Business Center. For two years he supervised the Client Services Branch and the Payroll Help Desk.
For the next fourteen years Lanny has served in the Quarters Management Program. This automated program QMIS (Quarters Management Information System), an interagency system using statistical methodology, was developed in 1977 to replace the more costly appraisal methodology for establishing rental rates. QMIS is the oldest of the NBC's interagency programs. QMIS utilizes the only automated rent-setting software in government. It is estimated that nearly 95% of all government agencies that provide government-furnished housing use QMIS. QMIS is used by 19 federal agencies to calculate the rents for 19,000 government-furnished quarters located throughout the U.S. There are 500 users of this state-of-the art, in-house developed, rent setting and housing management software. All this is managed by Lanny and his staff of two.
During his career in Quarters, Lanny estimates that he has personally trained more than 1,800 housing officials. Fifty-six regional rental surveys and training seminars have also been conducted with never a deadline missed. Since rarely is housing management a full-time position in these 19 agencies, housing officials throughout the U.S. frequently call on Lanny for his expertise. Lanny runs his office with an 'old school' service philosophy. Anyone can call; you get a real person when you call; you feel comfortable asking any question and you get answers right away. Lanny is proud that during his tenure only 2 to 3 rental appeals a year have been filed with the Department's Office of Hearing and Appeals. Never has a rental appeal been lost; a testament that rents were set fairly and correctly. Lanny believes few jobs in all Interior have more financial impact on so many employees as does his. And as such the job carries a heavy responsibility to be done with great attention to detail. His rent setting decisions affect the pay of 19,000 federal employees [still bucking for a promotion 'til the end!].
Lanny retirement plans call for a lot of hunting, fishing and being a gentleman farmer. His wife's plans for his retirement call for a lot of house cleaning and cooking.
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