JULY 2006
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The Military has Achieved Real Savings from BRAC. Why not the Civilian Side?
The President’s Management Agenda (PMA) initiative on real property asset management is becoming known in some circles as “Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) for Everyone Else.” Given that the same basic concerns apply to both defense and civilian sides of government (i.e. real property inventory, facility assessment, condition assessment, operations and maintenance costs, mission criticality, etc), why is it that the military services seem to have a better handle on the financial implications of their real property assets than their civilian agency counterparts? Come here to find out the real cost of falling behind on this PMA agenda item.

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Three Questions with Hillary Johnson, President, Federal Real Property Association, VP, Jones Lang LaSalle
In this issue of Managing Change, we talk with Hillary Johnson, President of the Federal Real Property Association, to learn more about the organization, and her views on how better real property asset management can lead to better fiscal responsibility in government.