Multiple Successes Achieved During a Week of Asset Leadership in Washington, D.C.

Short summary of key activities followed by a Photo Essay

October 24, 2015, Washington, D.C. – by Michael Bordenaro, Asset Leadership Network Communications Team Leader

Federal Agency support for ISO 55000 asset management; well-received Asset Leadership Impact Awards; and, strong,

bipartisan interest in asset management from key Congressional offices were all registered during a week-long series of

Asset Leadership Network events in Washington, D.C. from October 19 – 23, 2015.

Centered on the Federal Leadership in Asset Management Policy Forum in the historic National Academy of Sciences,

Engineering, and Medicine facilities on the National Mall, October 20 - 21, the week revealed our Federal Government is

ready to implement improved asset management policies to better support mission objectives and save taxpayer

dollars.

The Policy Forum was co-sponsored by the Federal Facilities Council of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering,

and Medicine (FFC Link) and the Asset Leadership Network. Featuring presentations and contributions from many high-

level Federal Executives (Agenda Link), Policy Forum interactive discussions revealed many existing asset management

best practices already in place within sectors and a unified desire for the guidance of ISO 55000 Asset Management

Systems policies and practices.

Alex Kurien, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of U.S. Government-Wide Policy, General Services

Administration stated, “Although I am extremely busy managing eight policies protecting the interests of the American

people, I made time to participate in this Asset Management Forum because supporting advanced asset management

processes, such as adopting ISO 55000, is a clear path to enhancing the stewardship of our Federal Assets and saving

taxpayer dollars.”

The Asset Leadership Impact Awards Reception and Dinner at the National Press Club recognized individuals and

organizations for their significant impact in asset management programs and processes The Asset Leadership Network

recognized:

● The National Guard Bureau and the Army National Guard for their use of ISO 55000 to help tie assets to mission;

● The DoD, VA, OMB and NAVFAC for their collaborative efforts to improve management of real property and

personal assets;

● Rep. Patrick Murphy (FL-18) for the introduction of the bipartisan Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency

Act (SAVE Act) to improve Federal asset disposition; and,

● Renowned author Dag Detter for his insight into the management of public assets described in “The Public

Wealth of Nations.”

A day of Legislative Briefings to the offices of numerous U.S. Senators and Representatives resulted in positive,

bipartisan responses for the potential adoption of ISO 55000 concepts to improve the Federal Government. Organized

for the ALN by The Chwat Group (Link), the Legislative Briefings resulted produced consistent interest in simple, short

language that can be added to the budget or to into active legislation. Opportunities and proven solutions, rather than a

recitation of problems, powered the conversations. The consistent, positive interest assured the Asset Leadership

Network that a Legislative Brief will well be received in both Republican and Democratic offices.

Also during the week, the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US/TAG) for ISO 55000 meet to discuss an upcoming

international gathering in Japan and the Asset Leadership Network Executive Team meet to discuss immediate

legislative strategy and overall objectives for 2016.

All combined, the week-long series of activities highlighted the consensus approach to ISO 55000 promotion by Asset

Leadership Network Executive Team and provided positive visibility to Patrons Jacobs Engineering, Attainia, Trimble and

Ascot Associates.

Photo Essay

Images by Robert Smith and Michael Bordenaro

National Academy of Sciences exterior, reception hall and auditorium (above).

Alex Kurien, GSA Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of U.S. Government-Wide Policy (above), spoke at an Executive

Visioning Session including the leaders of Federal Real Property departments.

Co-hosted by Federal Facilities Council Director Cameron Oskvig, (below) the Policy Forum showed uniformity of interest

in advanced asset management policies, including use of the ISO 55000 series of standards published.

A panel of morning speakers addressing the importance of ISO 55000 series of asset management standards included

(from left to right) Jim Whittaker, President/CEO Facility Engineering Associates; Terry Wireman, Senior Vice President of

Strategic Development, Vesta Partners; Jim Dieter, of TTAMCL and Executive Director of the Asset Leadership Network;

Gareth Lifton, Vice President and Global Asset Management Lead at CH2M Hill; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin

Madison, College of Engineering, Faculty Associate/Program Director

Keith Cunningham, Government Accountability Office, Assistance Director, about the need for improved asset

management and cited noteworthy positives examples that can be emulated.

A panel on personal property and real property asset management included (from left to right) Jim Dieter, TTAMCL and Asset Leadeship Network Executive Director; Jim Whittaker, President/CEO Facility Engineering Associates; John Bernhards, Associate Vice President for APPA, the leading international organization for educational facilities; and Bob Holcombe, Director, Personal Property Management Policy for the General Services Administration, who served as the panel moderator.

The panel addressing “Managing our Water Infrastructure Assets: Challenges and Opportunities, (from left to right)

- Steven Martinko, recently retired Deputy Chief of Staff for Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the

U.S. House of Representatives and currently K&L Gates Government Affairs Counselor:

- Dr. Jeffrey Jacobs, Director of the Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) at the National Academy of

Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

- Dr. Nicole Carter, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy with the U.S. Congressional Research Service

- Douglas E. Ellsworth US Army Corps of Engineers, Senior Asset Management Specialist

- Panel Moderator David Wegner, Senior Scientific Consultant with Jacobs Engineering and former Senior

Professional Staff, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, U.S. House of Representatives

Industry Sector Summit meetings resulted in assessment that were presented in a panel including, (from left to right)

Michael Bordenaro, Asset Leadership Network Communications Team Leader; Kimon Onuma, president, Onuma, Inc.;

Bob Holcombe, Director, Personal Property Management Policy for the General Services Administration; Marlene Lynne,

Asset Leadership Network Founding Member; Jack Dempsey, Global Buildings Partner, Jacobs Engineers and was

moderator by Cameron Oskvig, Director, Federal Facilities Council.

William Gookin, Mercury, Director Federal Fleet Management Consulting, gave a presentation titled

“Enabling ISO 55000: Strategic Asset Management Planning for Motor Vehicles” that explained ways U.S. Government

agencies are making repeatable progress with improved fleet asset management.

An Asset Leadership Impact Awards reception and dinner was held at the National Press Club on October 21, 2015. In

the foreground, Robert Leibrant, Camcode, is speaking with Gary Fisher, Senior Healthcare Architect at the Office of

Construction and Facility Management in the Department of Veterans Affairs, which shared Asset Leadership Impact

Award for Federal Agency Collaboration with the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency.

Christopher Fischer (above), Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the office of Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) accepted the

2015 Asset Leadership Impact Award for Innovation in Asset Legislation presented for the Introduction of the SAVE Act

of 2015 - H.R. Bill 614. Sponsored by Rep. Murphy, the SAVE Act aligns with key principals of ISO 55000 and promises to

improve disposition of unused Federal assets for deployment by State and Local Governments and as a source of liquid

revenues.

The 2015 Asset Leadership Impact Award for Federal Agency Collaboration was given jointly to the Depart of Defense

Defense Health Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs Construction and Facilities Management for their work

on the FED iFM and SEPS2BIM initiatives that visualize asset data on the web for increased efficiency. Also joining in the

Award were the Office of Management and Budget, Budget Systems Branch, MAX.gov Team, U.S. Navy NAVFAC, the

National Institute of Building Sciences and it’s contractor.

Pictured here are:

Front row from left: Pamela Norton, Trimble SketchUp, ALN Patron and initiative participant; Shahid Shah, MAX.gov

consultant; Kimon Onuma, lead consultant.

Top row from left: Michael Blair, Attainia, ALN Patron and initiative participant; Steve Hagan initiative consultant; Jim

Dieter, ALN Executive Director; Gary Fisher, Department of Veterans Affairs, Construction and Facilities Management;

Russ Manning, Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency; Phil Wenger, OMB; and Drew Rouland, National

Institute of Building Sciences

Dag Detter, co-author of “The Public Wealth of Nations” accepted and Asset Leadership Impact Award and issued a

challenge to have the United States look at its public assets in a new way to enable a reduction of national debt.

Jack Dempsey (above) Co-Chaired, the Federal Leadership in Asset Management Policy Forum. Dempsey is Principal,

Global Buildings for Jacobs Engineering, an Asset Leadership Network Patron for the 2014 and 2015 events focused on

the Federal Government.

Not pictured are Asset Leadership Impact Award winners Army National Guard Bureau and the Army National Guard,

who won the 2015 Asset Leadership Impact Award for Leadership in Asset Management.

Jim Dieter, (above), is ALN Executive Director and co-chaired the Forum. He is pictured here at the podium at a Capitol

Hill Club breakfast briefing prior the Legislative Outreach activities on October, 22 2015 organized by John Chwat,

president of The Chwat Group.

“Give instruction unto those who cannot procure it for themselves.” Thomas Jefferson Library of Congress, 1897

Thank you to Asset Leadership Network Patrons: Jacobs Engineering; Attainia; Trimble; and, Ascot Associates.