[Federal Register: April 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 75)]
[Notices]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[GSA Bulletin FMR 2008-B2]
Real Property Federal Asset Sales
AGENCY: General Services Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Bulletin.
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SUMMARY: In 2001, the President's Management Council selected the
Federal Asset Sales (eFAS) initiative as one of the President's
Electronic Government initiatives. The eFAS initiative is designed to
make it easier for citizens and businesses to locate available
Government assets, both real and personal, from a single portal
location. The attached Bulletin provides instructions to Federal
agencies on the advertising and reporting of sales of Federally-owned
real property in accordance with the eFAS initiative. The General
Services Administration will be publishing the posting and reporting
requirements described in the Bulletin in an amendment to the Federal
Management Regulation shortly.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stanley Langfeld, Director,
Regulations Management Division, Office of Governmentwide Policy, on
202-501-1737, or by sending an e-mail message to
stanley.langfeld@gsa.gov.
Dated: April 9, 2008.
Kevin Messner,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
Real Property
TO: Heads of Federal agencies
SUBJECT: Real Property Federal Asset Sales
1. Purpose. This Bulletin provides general information to
Federal agencies concerning the sale of Federally-owned real
property in accordance with the Federal Asset Sales (eFAS)
initiative, one of the President's Electronic Government (E-Gov)
initiatives. It contains instructions requiring Federal agencies to
utilize the Federal Asset Sales portal (GovSales.gov) when
advertising surplus real property and provides instructions to
Federal agencies for reporting sales of real property.
2. Expiration. This Bulletin contains information of a
continuing nature and will remain in effect until canceled.
3. Background. Each year, the Federal Government disposes of
real and personal property. In 2001, the President's Management
Council selected the eFAS initiative as one of the President's E-Gov
initiatives. Prior to 2001, Federal agencies used multiple methods
to market excess property, making it difficult for the public to
locate and buy surplus Federal assets. This initiative strives to
simplify locating government assets for sale, and to improve the
promotion of Government sales through a centralized, citizen-centric
web portal solution. The vision of the eFAS portal solution is to
create a secure, efficient and effective online single-point of
entry for the public to seek Federally-owned real and personal
property assets available for sale.
In September 2005, representatives from the Department of
Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the General
Services Administration's (GSA) Public Buildings Service developed
and launched the Real Property Asset Listing Portal, a web-based
entry point designed to facilitate the sale of surplus Government
real property assets. In October 2006, the GovSales.gov website was
launched as part of the eFAS Presidential E-Gov initiative.
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The Real Property Asset Listing Portal is now integrated with
GovSales.gov and enables any Federal agency to advertise, in one
place, its entire inventory of surplus, forfeited and foreclosed
real property available for sale. The website provides the public
with one location where specific types of real property (i.e.,
houses, buildings and land, and farms) offered for sale by Federal
agencies can be found. In addition, the team engaged other Federal
agencies that are authorized to dispose of real property to list
their surplus property for sale on the portal. In September 2007,
the Department of Justice, the Department of State and the
Department of the Treasury also began posting forfeited real
property on the portal.
4. Real Property eFAS Initiative--Roles and Responsibilities.
There are three main groups of Federal participants associated with
eFAS. The responsibilities of each are described below.
(a) eFAS Planning Office. This is the main coordinating body of
the eFAS initiative. The Planning Office works with the initiative's
governing body, the Executive Steering Committee, and its subgroups,
the Personal Property Subcommittee, the Real Property Subcommittee,
the Configuration Control Board, the Sales Agency Working Group, and
the Communications Working Group. The Planning Office also serves as
a central data aggregation point for the entire initiative, and is
the primary communication mechanism with the Office of Management
and Budget.
(b) Portal Sponsors. The four Portal Sponsor agencies and the
areas of the portal that they support are:
HUD--Homes, buildings and land;
VA--Homes;
USDA--Farms; and
GSA--Homes, buildings and land.
These agencies contribute to the operation of the Portal and
provide hosting, listing and support services to facilitate the
efficient operation of the portal.
(c) Agencies.
(1) Posting on GovSales.gov. The four Portal Sponsors listed in
subsection 4(b), above, began listing properties on the GovSales.gov
website during FY 2007. The remaining President's Management
Scorecard Agencies with real property disposal authority began
listing properties for sale on the portal in the 4th Quarter of FY
2007.
(2) Reporting Requirements. The Portal Sponsors began reporting
sales data and metrics for the 3rd Quarter of FY 2007 sixty (60)
days after the end of that quarter (September 1, 2007). The
remaining President's Management Scorecard Agencies began reporting
sales data and metrics quarterly for the 4th Quarter of FY 2007
sixty (60) days after the end of that quarter (December 1, 2007). It
is important to note that an agency is required to report its real
property sales even if the property is sold on its behalf by GSA.
When GSA sells property on behalf of another agency, GSA will
provide information about that sale to that agency, so that the
agency can meet its reporting requirements.
5. Posting and Reporting Instructions
(a) Posting. Posting of real property to the eFAS portal is done
through the Real Property Asset Listing Portal, a web-based portal
that is integrated with the eFAS Sales Portal through GovSales.gov.
The Listing Portal, while operated by USDA, one of the Portal
Sponsors, provides for the posting of all types of real property:
houses, buildings and land, and farms. GSA will post property to the
portal that it sells on behalf of itself or other agencies.
Posting instructions are contained in the Property Admin Web
Application User Guide, which can be accessed from GSA's website at
www.gsa.gov/govsales. The required data elements will vary depending
on the type of property being advertised. Access to the USDA Listing
Portal is provided at https://propertyadmin.sc.egov.usda.gov.
Instructions for establishing user authentication (ID and password)
and creating an agency account are provided through the website.
(b) Reporting. Reporting will be done Quarterly, by Fiscal Year.
The Planning Office will be making a Quarterly data call to each of
the President's Management Scorecard Agencies. Agencies will report
the required sales performance information by submitting it to
FASPlanningOffice@gsa.gov. The Quarterly reports will be submitted
using an Excel-based template provided by the Planning Office during
the data call. The reports will provide the following information on
a Quarterly basis:
Total number of agency real property assets sold;
Total number of real property assets posted to the eFAS
Portal;
Total gross real property sales revenue;
Percentage of real property assets sold equal to or
greater than the Government's estimated fair market value;
Cycle time; and
Total net sales revenue.
6. Additional Information
Further information regarding this Bulletin may be obtained by
sending an e-mail message to EFASPlanningOffice@gsa.gov. GSA will be
publishing the posting and reporting requirements described in this
Bulletin in an amendment to the Federal Management Regulation
shortly.
Dated: April 9, 2008.
Kevin Messner,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
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