Posts Tagged ‘excess property’

The federal government is on pace to exceed President Obama’s goal to save $8 billion in real estate costs this year, the Office of Management and Budget said Thursday. In an effort to eliminate wasteful spending on federal real estate, agencies already have saved more than $5.6 billion during fiscal 2012, but $3.3 billion of that stems from previous BRAC recommendations, according to a blog post from Controller Danny Werfel …

Legislation that would rely on the Office of Management and Budget to oversee the disposal of thousands of excess federal buildings could start advancing in the Senate next month. Sen. Tom Carper is planning to mark up S. 2178 in the subcommittee he chairs, the Federal Financial Management Subcommittee of the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee …

The Air Force’s argument for additional base closure rounds is pretty straightforward, as outlined by top officials on Capitol Hill over the past several weeks. In preparation for BRAC 2005, the service determined it had 24 percent excess installation capacity. The Air Force, however, did not lose any major bases to closure as a result of the round. And now, seven years later, the service has 500 fewer aircraft in its inventory …

Lawmakers aimed their fire at DOD’s top installations officials over the request for two new BRAC rounds Wednesday, citing numerous reasons as to why a base closure round cannot be justified right now. The chair and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services’ Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee both denounced the department’s request for a BRAC round in 2013 …

The House on Tuesday passed a second measure this year intended to slash the federal portfolio of excess property by overhauling the existing disposal process. The Federal Building and Property Disposal Act, which passed in a 403-0 vote, creates a five-year pilot program that would expedite the disposal of the most profitable properties by removing red tape …

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation last week that would help federal agencies dispose of underutilized federal property and establish a framework for agencies to better manage existing space in a more cost-effective manner. The bill would address shortcomings in current law by streamlining the current federal real property disposal process and implementing measures that eliminate property mismanagement and achieve greater efficiencies within the existing disposal process …

Five members of the Senate Armed Services Committee indicated they were either concerned about or opposed to another round of BRAC during a hearing Tuesday on the Pentagon’s fiscal 2013 budget request. Chairman Carl Levin said DOD should first consolidate its bases in Europe before scrutinizing its domestic infrastructure …

Delaware Sen. Tom Carper said he plans to offer a different solution to expedite the disposal of thousands of unneeded federal properties than the approach approved by the House Tuesday that calls for creating a civilian BRAC commission to review federal properties and make recommendations for consolidations, co-locations, redevelopment or sale. “We share the same goal of better utilizing scarce taxpayer dollars, though I prefer an approach that differs in some respects …

A House subcommittee will hold a field hearing Thursday to examine ways to improve management of federally owned assets and property. The hearing by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management will focus on the costs of underperforming or vacant assets, models for their redevelopment or reuse, and how spending can be reduced through their redevelopment …

The House approved a measure Tuesday that would create a civilian BRAC commission to expedite the disposal of thousands of unneeded federal properties, helping the government save money by selling or redeveloping high value properties and avoiding the cost of maintaining ones it no longer uses …