High-risk Series

High-risk Series
Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2005
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN:

Wasted Space, Wasted Dollars

Wasted Space, Wasted Dollars
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2003
Genre: Government property
ISBN:

Managing Government Property Assets

Managing Government Property Assets
Author: Olga Kaganova
Publisher: The Urban Insitute
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780877667308

Governments own a vast array of real property--from large stretches of land to public housing projects, from water distribution systems and roads to office buildings. Typically, management of public property is highly fragmented, with responsibility for each type of asset falling within a different agency or bureaucracy. In almost all countries, different classes of property are managed according to their own rules, often following traditional practices rather than any assessment of what type of management is appropriate. Over the past decade, however, a new discipline has emerged that examines this important component of public wealth and seeks to apply standards of economic efficiency and effective organizational management. Managing Government Property Assets reviews and analyzes this recent wave of activity. The authors draw upon a wide variety of national and local practices, both in countries that have been leaders in management reforms and in countries just beginning to wrestle with the problem. This comparison reveals that the issues of public property management are surprisingly similar in different countries, despite striking differences in institutional contexts and policy solutions.

Intelligent Sustainment and Renewal of Department of Energy Facilities and Infrastructure

Intelligent Sustainment and Renewal of Department of Energy Facilities and Infrastructure
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2005-01-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309094445

The United States Department of Energy's (DOE) facilities stewardship is extremely important to the department's ability to achieve its mission of protecting national, energy, and economic security with advanced science and technology and ensuring environmental cleanup. Intelligent Sustainment and Renewal of Department of Energy Facilities and Infrastructure evaluates the steps the department is taking to improve its facilities and infrastructure management. This report develops best-practice techniques for DOE real property asset management and guidelines for deciding when to repair, renovate, or replace DOE buildings.

Public Sector Property Asset Management

Public Sector Property Asset Management
Author: Malawi Ngwira
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118346572

In many public sector organisations, there has been little or no adoption of a proactive asset management strategy. Where an extensive property portfolio exists, this can result in poor overall utilisation of the portfolio, exemplified by excessive vacant property or properties not being put to best use. In such situations there is a risk that the building stock deteriorates more rapidly than expected, leading to expensive maintenance and repair charges. Lack of a proactive asset management strategy will impact on the services delivered by such organisations. Public Sector Property Asset Management covers all aspects of asset management in the public sector, including the overall concept, the development of asset management strategies and the implementation of asset management practices. It evaluates asset management strategies, processes and practices to show how effective management of property assets support business activities or service delivery functions. The reader will understand the importance of improving decision-making through the recognition of all costs of owning and operating those assets throughout their lifecycle, leading to improved business process activities or service delivery functions which greatly assist in meeting the social and economic objectives of such organisations. Written for all practitioners currently involved in asset management, the book will also be useful in the university environment, to those teaching, researching or learning about asset management in the public sector.

Federal Real Property

Federal Real Property
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781978420755

Federal Real Property: Executive and Legislative Actions Needed to Address Long-standing and Complex Problems