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MAINTAINING QUALITY IN AN ERA OF REDUCED RESOURCES
Pages 11-16

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... PBS has done about all the downsizing of federal employees that it can. As ~ have discussed with members of Congress, we cannot spend more than 90 percent of our budget for outside services without turning over critical management functions to the private sector.
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... We are also near private sector benchmarks both in general and specialized facilities construction. In workmanship, courtroom size, and especially security, the federal government generally builds better courthouses than state governments.
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... ~ do believe we lag behind the private sector in developing work environments that foster productivity. If we are to fund the construction of such work environments, we will need tools to measure the resulting gain in productivity and thereby justify the expenditure.
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... Those who control the purse strings expect to reap the benefits of downsized government in real estate costs, but they have not provided us with the money needed for the transition. We will need the help of federal agencies to make that transition.
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... This act suggests that we cannot contract out to the private sector for these services before surveying all other federal agencies to see if a leasing specialist is momentarily available. At GSA we have made the very consequential commitment to give up our mandatory status as provider of leasing services to the federal government, once our leasing program is overhauled, and to compete with other agencies and the private sector.
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... We need to develop investment measures that demonstrate the value we add. The Federal Facilities Council may help us develop the means to justify our programs, whether by gauging the investment value of our inventory, or the value of our real estate in promoting staff productivity.
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