White Papers

VISTAtsi's comprehensive suite of services helps government agencies and commercial firms make the best decisions about finance, operations and real property. Read our white papers to learn how VISTAtsi solutions and best practices build better decision support.

• Eliminating Unneeded Federal Property, Government-Wide:
  Systematic and Aggressive Downsizing Can Yield Dramatic Financial Benefits
  March 2011
  
  The Federal Government is our country's largest property owner with over 400,000 buildings containing 3.3 billion square feet of space. Many of these properties have been accumulated without adequate consideration of what the Government already owns or what it actually needs-and can afford-to support legitimate Government functions. While many of these properties have already been identified as excess properties, there are many more that might be added to this list that are currently under-utilized or in such bad shape that the cost to renovate exceeds the cost to replace.
  
  VISTAtsi has been creating successful outcomes for the Army BRAC program for the past 25 years. This white paper addresses how VISTAtsi could bring this experience to bear in assisting executive agencies with a proven, cost-conscious approach to the management of their real property assets. Click here to download a PDF of this whitepaper.
  
  
• Are You Spending Dollars that Make Sense?
  Balancing Budgets and Data Quality in Facility Condition Assessments
  December 2009
  
  VISTAtsi has released a white paper that provides an in-depth comparison of alternative protocols in facility condition assessments. Costs and benefits of each alternative are discussed with suggestions for how each method can be used in the broad context of overall portfolio management. The paper offers experience-based recommendations on how these alternatives should be selected and used in combination; delivering results that are timely, reliable and cost effective. Through this new white paper, VISTAtsi continues its long-standing tradition of thought leadership through providing practical and actionable advice for today's managers of large real property portfolios. Click here to download a PDF of this whitepaper.
  
  
• Business Intelligence Visualization: Enterprise Solutions for Performance Improvement and Federal Mandate Compliance
  May 2008
  
  VISTAtsi has created a thought-leading solution termed Business Intelligence Visualization. This unique capability is achieved through combining meaningful organizational metrics, a reliable knowledge base suited for decision support and the ability to monitor and manage performance through the combined commercial technologies of asset management software, geospatial and computer-aided design tools, and best practice scorecard display.
  
  Through Business Intelligence Visualization, any agency or enterprise can utilize discrete solutions that incorporate commercial best-of-class technologies. Click here to download a PDF of this whitepaper.
  
  
• Real Property Asset Management Compliance: Third Annual Survey Findings from the Federal Real Property Association
  March 2008
  
  In 2008, VISTAtsi assisted the Federal Real Property Association (FRPA) in polling current and prospective members for the third consecutive year to gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing real property professionals.
  
  The finding of the latest survey are summarized and compared against those of the previous year (2006). In addition, new questions were introduced that look more deeply into organizations' ability to adapt to changing budgetary and business requirements. Click here to download a PDF of this whitepaper .
  
  
• Federal Real Property Reporting Compliance: ROI in Today's Budgetary Realities
  April 2007
  
  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is not likely to support or fund reforms of real property asset management practices during the remainder of the current Administration. Rather, OMB actions result in making real property professionals' jobs more difficult so that agencies eventually will do whatever they can to relieve the constant pressure.
  
  VISTAtsi representatives provided a candid presentation at a meeting of the Federal Real Property Association (FRPA) in Washington, DC. Titled "Federal Real Property Reporting Compliance: ROI in Today's Budgetary Realities," the overview offered plain talk about where demands for improved performance originate. Click here to download a PDF of this presentation.