US · guidance
BOP Program Statement 3040.05 § 2
MANAGEMENT PREFERENCE PROFILE SYSTEM
The MPPS provides the Executive Staff with a “Profile” of personal career preferences, along
with additional information on experience and background, which is submitted by all eligible
employees and contains information on an employee’s:
■ Bureau position history (including temporary duty assignments lasting three or more
months).
■ Position preferences for the next 10 years.
■ BOP primary and secondary background fields.
■ Specialized Work Experience(s).
■ Location preferences (1=Desirable, 2=Neutral, 3=Undesirable).
■ Willingness to transfer.
■ Foreign language skills.
The National Finance Center (NFC) and the BOP-Learn systems provide additional personnel
and training information, such as:
■ Performance evaluations.
■ Government service dates.
■ Education (highest level and college major).
■ Cross-development and selected executive training completed by the employee.
Information in the MPPS is labeled “SBU – Sensitive But Unclassified.” Access to the database
is limited by password.
The MPPS is maintained by the Workforce Systems and Evaluation Section (WSES), Personnel
and Staff Development Branch, Human Resource Management Division, located in Central
Office.
History
PS 3040.05 dated 2013-03-08
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
b3d154e7031b306c4ac19bab9144e74baa4b07a625e65298057a31902ea74e13
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