Managing Change

JULY/AUG 2011                                                                                                                                                                        VOLUME IV


EXECUTIVE CORNER


Civilian Property Realignment Act vs. Military BRAC

The pending Civilian Property Realignment Act (CPRA) or "civilian BRAC" is a recent hot topic in the news. It was the keynote topic at the Federal Real Property Association Conference in May, has been highlighted in numerous recent periodicals, and on June 9, 2011, civilian BRAC was the subject of testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. read more...




WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW


Portfolio-wide Facilities Condition Assessments

We all recognize the need for facilities condition inspections (FCI). But since condition assessment data has a short shelf life, we always need to ask ourselves what the data will be used for and to that end, what we should invest in an information product with short-term utility. read more...


Update on the Army's Real Property Planning and Analysis System

Some of us have been around Army installation master planning long enough to remember the days before computers; layered composite maps, manual TABS (tabulations of existing and required facilities), etc. It was a process borne from the WWII era. read more...

NEWS AND EVENTS


IN THE NEWS

VISTAtsi's President & CEO, David Baxa, Testifies at Congressional Hearing

David Baxa submits Written Statement for Congressional Testimony

VISTAtsi featured in Newly Released Book, "Building a Culture of Intention"

CEO David Baxa's article, "'Civilian BRAC' could bring major cost savings", is featured in Federal Times.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Meet VISTAtsi in Person