it seems to be underutilized and not used. i have a background as a journalist and a reporter. it turns out reporters by the hundreds. they are not used in the investigative division that is understaffed, and there are people that aren't paying $150,000 a year to do clerical work. i have objected to that nonstop, even last year when the police commission is very well organized. i don't think we need a lieutenant commander making $175,000 a year. those are the types of jobs that go for $15 an hour. begin the facts out of cases and turning them over to investigators. to save a lot of time. the reporters are city reporters and down the road, we are looking for real jobs. having jobs for the sfpd and the occ. nobody has ever utilized them. on the complaint i have against officer would where he assaulted me for a minute and a half in front of 12 witnesses, i was interviewed by telephone. and that was in. and then it got lost in a reshuffle. no one person came up to me an interview me at all. i did my interviews later by talking to people in the same room. 12 other hall of justice em

not to keep underutilized, unused property around. but we allow them to sell, keep some of the proceeds to fund their operations. looking now at the situation with lease versus purchase, if you look at the way cdo scores of these verses a purchase, we incentivizes agencies to lease even when it got to be purchasing. i'm going to ask, mr. wise, i'm going to ask you, kind of walk us through why we have this incentive. i think this incentive. distancing. why do have the wrong incentive? how do we fix, what will it take to fix it? does it take cbo changing their script approach? is is something we need to do legislatively to empower direct cbo to change the way they scored lease versus purchase, please? >> thanks for the question. you bring up really an important point, and we recommended a couple of different times and we've often discussed in other testimony the really important, though only be is a key player because they're kind of the orchestra of all federal property environment, we've recommended that they really need to work withi

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other proposal folks is primarily assisting agencies in the disposal of excess and underutilized buildings, it does provide opportunity consolidate our co-locate operation which can help reduce the government's leasing portfolio. i have concerns about the cost and effectiveness of the presidents approach but i look forward to taking what works in his proposal, and senator brown's legislation, along with other ideas and introducing a bill in the fall that will help right size the government for vote anyway that is advantageous for federal agencies, for committee stakeholders and the clientele served by those agencies. clearly the momentum is building to address a wide a recognized problem. yet in all of our zeal to save we must be intelligent in our approach. in rome i was told was not built in a day, the federal government bloated property for photo cannot be unbuilt in a day. women opportunity to do this right, to change without him it manages its hundreds of billions of dollars worth of assets. that said the agency shouldn't be waiting for somebody to -- begin to solve the property manag

not just to deal with the issue but to deal with all this underutilized or underutilized federal property that we do have, and one of the things i want to do media this hearing is to get your input on what should be the components of a comprehensive third-party add to the extent we can harness market values and we change incentives which are misaligned to the opprobrium alignment and i appreciate. senator brown? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i remember as a result of your testimony talking about some of the challenges with some of the prime va properties that could be sold taking on a few rolls and put you back adding more money for the veterans that need our help instead of using it to keep buildings open and the like you testified as to how we there was a welcome addition to the tool kit you would need in reducing the assets. can you just elaborate on that as to how that will complement your existing tools? and also what role does politics come to politicians have in a interfering with you doing your job? i mean, if you have some assets and want to solve them, how often does the state or

stakeholders to agree on needed changes, legal and budgetary limitations, and getting rid of excess or underutilized property. let me now turn to the a's approach to developing as health care budget estimate. in january this year we reported that the use the in raleigh health care projection model and other methods to estimate its health care budget for fiscal years 2011 and 2012. we found a model, use the data reflect the types of health care that veterans might need, projected or potential cost in the number of veterans who might enroll for health care. over all a model predicts the resources to meet demand for over 60 health care services that account for about 83% of va's health care cost estimates. the models projections only provide a starting point for the budget. throughout the budget process, the health or estimate is reviewed and weighed against other va and omb priorities. and ancient we reported that va's budget estimate using the model for 2012-2013 change as it moves throughout the budget formulation process. in general at the end of the process va's estimate for the president's reques

most recent comprehensive data shows that are the agencies apparently possess more than 45,000 underutilizedldings, totaling more than 340 million square feet of space. these buildings cost nearly $1.7 billion annually to six year and to maintain. fixing that problem doesn't balance the budget, but it's a great step in the right direction. in addition for the past 20 years, gao tells us were too reliant on the same. since 2008, gsa has leased more property than it owns in the fiscal year 2005 in the agency will spend over $5 million to house federal employees and 184 million square feet of private office space. in addition while gsa serves as a leasing agent for federal government is responsible for managing and obtaining agencies, they have obtained their only sin authority and in doing so have chosen not to take it and just gsa's expertise in federal real estate. given that patients whose lack. in performing these procurements, they often by the government to costly long-term lease obligations that resulted in millions of dollars in additional costs to federal government. actually tens of

one reason some agencies do a better job than others is we incentivize them not to keep underutilized property but keep the proceeds to fund operations. if you look at the way the congressional budget office scores a lease vs. purchase we incentivize agencies to lease when their purchasing. walk us through why we have this incentive. .. >> they really need to work within the federal property council to come up with a strategy to see how the entire property portfolio is managed. while they've agreed that's a good idea to be done to rationalize the entire process, they have yet to implement such a strategy because as you know and mentioned in your opening remarks and subsequent remark, the issue having to do with the scoring is a major issue for agencies to be able to come up with the needed capital in order to take a look at a rational process. another really important point is the necessary analysis that need to be done in order to make sure you're making the right kind of decision. while, as you mentioned earlier, generally building is a less expensive option in the long run than is

the dffo program in this era of financial austerity is i believe an underutilized resource. there are pilots who are volunteering their services to the government to provide this line of defense on the flight. yet the program's budget -- and we understand that -- the budget has not been increased in many years. we want to work harder on that. threatened air space management, pilots in command of airborne aircraft are those about to take off should be notified real time of events that are going on. in such circumstances, improved ground air communications will better enable pilot and commands to protect their passengers, their crew, their cargo, their aircraft. also allow them to be more vigilant when they know that there's another event taking place. secondary barriers, now we're pleased that the rtca special committee 221 will soon issue its final report on the value of these permanently installed secondary flight deck barriers. and alpa urges the government and industry to carefully consider the security benefit that's provided by these devices. you know this is a long tim

the most recent data available shows federal agencies possess more than 45,000 underutilized buildingsotaling 345 million square feet in space. this costs nearly $1.7 billion annually to secure and maintain. tixing that problem doesn't balance the budget, but it's a great step in the right direction. gao told us that we've been too relint on leasing since 2008gsa has leased more property than it owns, and in 201 # 1, the agency spends over $5 billion to house federal employees in 184 million square feet of private office space. in addition, while gsa is a central leasing agent for the federal government and responsible for managing and obtaining space for agencies, many agencies obtained their own leasing authority, and in doing so have chosen not to take advantage of gsa's expertise in real estate. given the agencies lack experience in performing lease procurements, they often bind the government into costly, long-term lease obligations that result in millions of dollars in additional costs to the federal government. actually, tens of millions, maybe even hups of millions of extra dol