1. FY2012 Exhibit 54 Guidelines

2. 2 Exhibit 54: PURPOSE Tool used for assisting agencies in completing their Space Budget Justifications Basis for Annual Rent Payments PY : Current GSA Rent Bill + Anticipated Inventory Changes. CY & BY : GSA Base Rent Estimate + Anticipated Inventory Changes BY+1 : Automatically calculated using BY Budget Request x OMB CPI + Anticipated Inventory Changes

3. 3 OMB Fiscal Year Naming Convention [template color coding descriptions] PY = 2010 Fiscal year CY = 2011 Fiscal year BY = 2012 Fiscal year BY+ 1 = 2013 Fiscal year

4. 4 NOTE: The GSA Rent Estimate calculations, the GSA Anticipated Inventory Changes file and the modified Exhibit 54 template are provided to assist you in completing your Space Budget Justification report. However, the user of this information is ultimately responsible for accuracy of their Agency Budget Request. We strongly recommend that you thoroughly review all of the data in these files and to make all necessary adjustments for any errors or omissions on our part that may have occurred in the compilation of this data. Statement of Use

5. 5 Accessing Exhibit 54 From the Internet Explorer, open the Exhibit 54 by going to the following website: http://www.gsa.gov/exhibit54 http://www.gsa.gov/exhibit54 When prompted, save to your hard drive

6. 6 http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a11/current_year/a11_toc.html Circular A-11: Rental of Payments for Space & Land

7. 7 PREPARATION, SUBMISSION, AND EXECUTION OF THE BUDGET Detailed OMB requirements for Exhibit 54 submission can be found on page 151, Section 54.1 – 54.5/Rental Payments for Space and Land; Circular A-11 http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a11/current_year/a_ 11_2009.pdf http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a11/current_year/a_ 11_2009.pdf

8. 8 Accessing Exhibit 54 From the “Rent Library” click on the 2 nd document named “Shell Exhibit 54”

9. 9 Required Files to Complete Exhibit 54 Open the GSA Base Rent Estimate file Open the Anticipated Space Changes File These files are based on the February 2010 GSA rent bills (sent to your agency on 4/16/10) After opening files, filter to your agency bureau code

10. 10 Gathering Required Files: ROW Pull your February 2010 GSA rent bill (snapshot used for the base rent estimate) from Rent On the Web https://www.pbs-billing.gsa.gov/row/ Enter your four digit agency bureau code

11. 11 How to Access ROW How do I request access to ROW (for me/my employees) to review our rent bills? Log onto this web site: https://www.pbs-billing.gsa.gov/row https://www.pbs-billing.gsa.gov/row Click on “Register an Account” button Complete the form on-line Print out the form (print button must display on printout) Obtain the appropriate signatures Fax the form to: 202.208.7092

12. 12 Tab 1: GSA IC Worksheet Entering RSF & RENT ESTIMATE BASE Begin by entering the 2010 RSF data under the PY column (cell C2) of the GSA IC worksheet. The RSF is equivalent to the “Charge Basis” from your rent bill enter the “Charge Basis” (line A of the February 2010 rent bill).

13. 13 New Template A simplified template was created, which will automatically populate your GSA IC Worksheet (Tab #1) and Summary Sheet (Tab #7) On your GSA IC Worksheet do the following: 1. Enable Macros (at security prompt) 2. Enter your 4-digit Agency Bureau Code (this will populate your Base Rent Estimate information) 3. Click “Run Import Macro” button 4. Enter information at prompts (A/B Code again, Agency Name, Bureau Name, etc) 5. Click on your saved/required (BRE & Anticipated Space Change) files

14. 14 Entering RSF & RENT ESTIMATE BASE Enter Rent Estimate Base amount for the PY/2010 column (C3), by looking at the February GSA rent bill for your bureau and using the following calculation: Line D “Total Monthly Rent” * Remaining months of the fiscal year (7 from February billing) + Line F “Total Rent Amount YTD” = PY Rent Estimate Base (Cell C3) Line D * 7 + Line F Year to date = Rent Est Base amount, PY

15. 15 Tab 1: GSA IC Worksheet Enter CY/2011, by opening the “Base Rent Estimate” file, Click on the 2011 Detail by Billing Line tab (tab #4 shown below). Scroll to the column M, named “Rentable Sq Ft” and enter the value in cell D2 under the CY column RSF. Do same for BY RSF Total

16. 16 Entering RSF & RENT ESTIMATE BASE Enter the Rent Estimate Base amounts for CY, BY of the worksheet by going back to the Base Rent Estimate file 2011& 2012 (tabs 4 & 5) Detail by Billing Line and entering the amounts listed under “Total Rent Amount” Note: 2011 Total Rent Amount is entered as CY on worksheet 2012 Total Rent Amount is entered as BY on worksheet

17. 17 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes From your Anticipated Space Changes file, highlight all data in maroon under column “J” labeled “Total Impact of 2010”, and enter the subtotal (shown at the bottom right of your excel screen) in cell C4 of the PY section of the GSA IC Worksheet If there are no anticipated space changes color coded in maroon on the no data entry is required on the GSA IC worksheet (maroon PY), cell C4. List anticipated space changes for the CY and BY (cells D5 & E5) of the “Owned” section of the GSA IC Worksheet, by highlight all data in Green and enter on the CY & BY rows. Repeat same process for leased

18. 18 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes Owned & Leased To enter Owned PY, CY and BY data of the GSA IC Worksheet, open your “Anticipated Space Changes” file Scroll to the “Total Impact on 2010 Rent” (PY) column for your bureau PY = MAROON 10CY = GREEN 11BY = BLUE 12

19. 19 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes Enter the Owned Inventory changes data on the CY section (cells D5, E5, G5, look at the Anticipated Space Changes “Total Impact of 2011’ rent, highlight those anticipated space changes which are green and enter the sum in cells D5 – E5. Repeat same process for leased portion. Remember: Totals will be at the bottom right corner of your excel spreadsheet

20. 20 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes

21. 21 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes To enter CY data of the GSA IC Worksheet, do the same using the “Total Impact of 2011 Rent” of the Anticipated Space Changes. Repeat same process for leased portion. Reminder: BY + 1 (yellow) is automatically populated. No entry required.

22. 22 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes Enter the RSF data of the GSA IC Worksheet by following the same fiscal year color coding methodology and enter data from the “Anticipated Space Changes” file from the “Change in RSF” totals. Enter data in cells G4 – G6 Reminder: BY + 1 (yellow) is automatically populated. No entry required. BY + 1 calculates based on multiplying the BY * the OMB Escalation Factor of 1.7%

23. 23 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes How The Owned PY Rent Sq Ft Amount (90,522) was derived

24. 24 Step 2: Entering Inventory Changes Continue this methodology Summary (bottom section) of the GSA IC Worksheet section will populate. No entries required Worksheet is complete!

25. 25 SUM Tab This worksheet summarizes the information entered from the previous worksheets and provides opportunity for entry of additional information regarding sources of funds for rental payments to GSA and rental payments to others, which should be included in your budget request. Only the yellow shaded areas require entries. The remaining cells will be calculated automatically. Control Difference should be $0

26. 26 Exhibit 54 Summary Remember: GSA IC Worksheet - Include color coded data from Anticipated Space Changes & BRE files for PY/2010, CY/2011, BY/2012, BY + 1/2013 - Highlight & incorporate data where instructed - Remember totals will populate. No entry required in bottom portion PY Corrections Tab - Only include incorrect billings captured in February/Chargebacks only, not missed billings. PY, BY, BY + 1 - Enter discrepancies with in your Anticipated Space Changes Summary Tab - Populates/Summarizes data from previous tabs - Opportunity to incorporate funding to GSA from other sources

27. 27 Exhibit 54: Points of Contact Lisa Switzer lisa.switzer@gsa.gov (202) 501-3947 lisa.switzer@gsa.gov Phil Lombardo anthony.lombardo@gsa.gov anthony.lombardo@gsa.gov (202) 501-9091