VISTA to Present Two Webinars on Real Property and Budgeting
Company Teams with Software Leader Archibus To Provide Real-World Answers to Today's Most Pressing Real Property Problems
Herndon, VA (30 JANUARY | 2007)
Are you interested in learning what your peers find most important about real property asset management - especially in today's difficult budget times?
Each day at 11 AM ET on February 8, 2007 and February 27, 2007, real property asset management experts VISTA (in cooperation with software firm Archibus, Inc.) will offer a new Web-based seminar that explores the changing landscape of real property asset management. VISTA President and CEO David Baxa and VP of Corporate Development Ray Summerell will lead the Webinars.
"With the Federal budget operating under a Continuing Resolution on appropriations, it might be easy to shrug off real property programs as initiatives that simply can no longer be funded," said VISTA's Baxa. "In reality, real property asset management has a material significance to ensuring sound internal accounting processes and controls that are key to clean Federal financial audits.
"Now more than ever Federal financial executives and real property professionals need to understand the bottom-line impact of their inventory of land, buildings and related infrastructure," Baxa added. "It's not just a bill to pay; it's a problem area in Federal budgeting that can be addressed and corrected with a real return on investment."
Information on the Webinars follows. For information on registration, visit www.archibus.com/events.
- 11 AM, February 8:
Federal Real Property Reporting Compliance
Executive Order 13327 on Federal Real Property Asset Management (EO 13327) will have had its third anniversary this February 4. One of the cornerstones of compliance with this Order is the development of an Asset Management Plan (AMP), in which each Department provides specific direction for managing its real property portfolio, including plans for identifying excess property for disposition.
There is considerable variation in how Federal departments and agencies are approaching this requirement. This Webinar looks at the management paradigm shift that must accompany the planning effort in order to be effective.
- 11 AM, February 27:
Real Property Problems and Challenges: A View from the Trenches
In both 2005 and 2006, The Federal Real Property Association (FRPA) and VISTA conducted a survey of current and prospective members to determine the level of Federal agency compliance with Executive Order 13327 on Federal Real Property Asset Management (EO 13327).
This Webinar summarizes the findings of the latest survey. In addition, new questions were introduced to gain a greater understanding of organizations' preparedness to respond to hypothetical changing budgetary requirements.
About ARCHIBUS, Inc.
ARCHIBUS is the #1 global provider of facilities and infrastructure management solutions and services with expenditures for ARCHIBUS-related products and services exceeding $1.5 Billion (USD). With ARCHIBUS, organizations can use a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions that optimize return-on-investment, lower asset life-cycle costs, and increase enterprise-wide productivity and profitability. More than 3,000,000 ARCHIBUS enterprise and Web users collectively manage over 4 million properties with organizations reporting facilities-related cost savings as high as 34%. ARCHIBUS is supported through a global network of over 1,600 ARCHIBUS-trained specialists. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, ARCHIBUS, Inc. has pioneered computer-aided facilities management technologies since 1982. For more information, call (+1) 617-227-2508 or visit www.archibus.com.
About VISTA
VISTA helps its clients gain the greatest value from money spent on real property assets.
Government financial and operations executives use VISTA for information technology, management consulting, decision support systems and services. VISTA's services and solutions help collect and analyze massive volumes of asset-related data. The result is high quality financial and performance information that makes it easier to plan and implement effective policy, management, stewardship, and budgetary decisions.
By working with VISTA, organizations develop best practices, as well as consistent reporting standards and performance measures. The return on investment for VISTA's services can be as much as 100-to-1.
For more than 20 years, VISTA's solutions have simplified cash management strategies - cutting costs, eliminating waste and improving overall workplace efficiency. To learn more, visit www.vistatsi.com.
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