JULY 2006
Managing Change: A VISTA Publication
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Executive to Executive
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.
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.
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Better Financial Decisions: The CFO Council’s Challenge
Have you visited the Web site of the Chief Financial Officers Council (www.cfoc.gov) lately? America’s budgetary authorities have their hands full tying together finance, program and oversight information. Decision support systems that add real property to that mix can help develop high-quality financial and performance information to make policy decisions easier. Here’s how.
What You Should Know
New GSA Newsletter Outlines Real Property Performance Results Report
How does federal workspace measure up? What is the cycle time for real property disposals? How does telework fit in? How is your real property really performing? These answers and more are available in the latest issue of the Real Property Performance Results Report for 2005, the eighth annual analysis of real property performance in the federal office space sector.

An overview of the Results Report is provided in the latest issue of the GSA’s Real Property Policysite Newsletter, in an article titled “A Reality Check: Performance Results 2005.” Find out more here.
VISTA on the Move
Brent Larson Promoted to Project Manager