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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

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6 It important that commercial SaaS providers, and the associated infrastructure used to deploy SaaS products, meet appropriated compliance requirements for specified levels of security as developed by NIST. Our products are hosted on Microsoft AZURE, and Amazon AWS in the United States, both hosting infrastructures are FEDRAMP compliant.

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Construction Cost Knowledge Management

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Despite the fact that construction cost knowledge management is a required component for assuring consistent on-time and on-budget project delivery, fewer than 5 per cent of five percent of owners are qualified to address it. It is required in order to consistently achieve best value repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes.

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Sequestration Nation

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More than two million jobs may hang in the balance as Congress approaches a showdown in its latest manufactured budget crisis. Rocky Mountains Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce budget cuts Obama Sequestration' The post Sequestration Nation appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Sequestration Nation

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More than two million jobs may hang in the balance as Congress approaches a showdown in its latest manufactured budget crisis. Rocky Mountains Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce budget cuts Obama Sequestration' The post Sequestration Nation appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors

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STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors There are multiple false assumptions associated with Military Construction Budgeting and Area Cost Factors. The use of area cost factors (ACFs) for capital planning and budgeting repair, renovation (sustainment) and new construction factors remains a flawed approach.

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LEED Abandoned by DOD?

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billion square feet of building space, the DoD has a physical infrastructure footprint three times that of Wal-Mart and six times that of GSA. The DOD’s energy bill is approximately $4 billion annually—roughly 10 percent of what DoD spends to maintain its installation infrastructure ($40 billion).

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. The uptick came on the strength of a surging commercial aviation market that more than offset a soft defense performance. For 2012, the top 100 Aero/Defense companies reported a record-setting $695 billion in revenue and $59.8