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- APRIL | 2007
Federal Real Property Reporting Compliance:
ROI in Today's Budgetary Realities
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.
VISTA Vice President for Corporate Development Ray Summerell provided a candid presentation at the April 10 monthly luncheon 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. To download a PDF of his FRPA PowerPoint presentation, please click here.
- OCTOBER | 2006
Real Property Asset Management Compliance:
Survey Findings from the Federal Real Property Association
In October 2006, VISTA updated a survey completed last year with the Feeral Real Property Association, to record any trends in real property asset management, and to gain a greater understanding of organizations' preparedness to respond to hypothetical changing budgetary requirements. Among the findings: 62 percent of respondents are not consulted on any PMA initiatives other than real property. This White Paper summarizes the findings of this survey, and draws conclusions based on respondent comments regarding potential difficulties in complying with these initiatives.
To download a PDF of this survey, please click here.
- MAY | 2006
Compliance with the President's Management Agenda: Practical Advice for Sustainable Real Property Solutions
(Expanded from VISTA's commentary for the inaugural issue of the GSA Real Property Policysite Newsletter)
There is more to an AMP than simple document preparation. The AMP also must show a change in perspective regarding business processes, and an understanding of the cost of preparing and documenting real property asset data to support key initiatives. Departments must consider the cost of their intended initiatives through the useful life of affected facilities. They must also anticipate and measure the returns on that investment.
This White Paper addresses general principles in compliance with the President's Management Agenda. It will then review the common stumbling blocks encountered by Departments and Agencies in preparing their AMPs, and will provide several recommendations regarding how to create better processes and better environments in which to develop AMPs that comply with the intent of EO 13327.
VISTA is making copies of this White Paper available to the public on a limited basis. To request your own copy, please send an email to business@vistatsi.com.
- OCTOBER | 2005
Executive Order 13327 Compliance Measures: Findings from the Federal Real Property Association Survey
In August 2005, VISTA and the Federal Real Property Association jointly conducted a survey of the association's current and prospective membership list, to determine compliance with Executive Order 13327 as an initiative of the President's Management Agenda. Surprisingly, 44 percent of respondents did not know their PMA scorecard ranking related to EO 13327 compliance. This White Paper explains the results of that survey, providing information on agency organization, current status, and near-term and long-range needs assessments to ensure compliance.
To download a PDF of this survey, please click here.
- APRIL | 2005
Real Property Asset Management: A Strategy for Business Success in the Era of Full Accountability
The federal government has introduced the "Era of Full Accountability" into both public and private sector business processes. Initiatives such as Executive Order 13327 on Federal Real Property Asset Management, Base Realignment and Closure, General Accounting Services Board Statement 34, OMB Circular A-123 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act require America's executives to integrate and disclose financial and operational performance data. Real consequences will be imposed on those who cannot demonstrate that level of fiscal responsibility. This White Paper explains how current and pending legislation, policies, regulations and mandates makes it more important than ever to tie all business assets to the cost of implementing business and mission strategies. It also explains the inter-relationship of operations, financial, Information Technology (IT) and real property business functions as the key to success in this new Era of Full Accountability.
VISTA is making copies of this White Paper available to the public on a limited basis. To request your own copy, please send an email to business@vistatsi.com.
- DECEMBER | 2004
Federal Real Property Asset Management Planning: A Starting Point for Compliance with Executive Order 13327
Executive Order 13327 on Federal Real Property Asset Management (EO 13327) is part of the Presidential Management Agenda. It calls upon executive agencies to review their real property holdings, to determine whether there exists any surplus inventory. This new White Paper from VISTA Technology Services provides an overview of the responsibilities of the Senior Real Property Officers created under EO 13327, and elaborates on a variety of exercises that must be undertaken to meet Senior Real Property Officers; and obligations for a sound asset management plan, such as: Inventory Validation, Utilization Profiling, Organization Assessments, Plant or Facility Replacement Planning, Real Property Utilization Strategies, and Construction, Maintenance and Repair Assessments.
VISTA is making copies of this White Paper available to the public on a limited basis. To request your own copy, please send an email to business@vistatsi.com.
- JUNE | 2004
The Foundation of Defense Transformation: Facilities Infrastructure Analysis for BRAC 2005 and Beyond
America finds itself today in a new era of readiness, confronting new threats to our national defense, and finding new ways of fighting them. This new era of readiness demands a closer look at the infrastructure of facilities that support our national defense missions.
In this new White Paper from VISTA Technology Services, a four-phase methodology is explained for addressing facilities infrastructure analysis in the context of Defense Transformation. Using examples from previous rounds of Base Realignment and Closure, the paper explains each phase of the methodology in detail and provides examples of how this approach has saved the U.S. Army one billion dollars in ongoing construction costs.
VISTA is making copies of this White Paper available to the public on a limited basis. To request your own copy, please send an email to business@vistatsi.com.
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