Emily Kopp of Federal News Radio published a story today highlight some of the most provocative points made during the Federal Leadership in Asset Management Policy Forum at the National Academy of Sciences, co-hosted by the Asset Leadership Network. http://federalnewsradio.com/facilitiesfleet/2015/10/data-woes-new-sort-plague-federal-property-managers/

DAG DETTER, co-author of The Public Wealth of Nations  – How Management of Public Assets Can Boost or Bust Economic Growth has been named as the Keynote speaker at the Federal Leadership in Asset Management Policy Forum, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, October 20th and 21st, 2015 at the National Academy of Sciences Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and the Asset Leadership Network (ALN) are h...

Peter R. Orszag, previously director of the Office of Management and Budget, writes an article for Bloomberg View in which he states that governments across the world have an estimated $75 trillion worth of commercial assets -- roughly 50 percent more than the $54 trillion in global public debt -- and these assets are typically quite poorly managed.  Further, he states "the returns from better management would be enormous. A 2 percentage-point increase in the return on public commercial assets w...

The Asset Leadership Network has developed a Draft Executive Order for submission and consideration by the President to adopt the principles inherent to ISO 55000 and establish the policy that Federal agencies use a common system for asset management.  The outcome is that federal government organizations will manage and utilize assets in an efficient, effective and economical manner while achieving their organizational missions and the collective objectives of the Executive Branch in an accounta...