Boston, MA – June 20, 2005 – VFA, Inc., the leading provider of facilities capital planning software and services, today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is implementing its flagship software, VFA.facility. NOAA’s trained staff will use the Web-based software system to collect reliable, accurate and current facility condition information in a centralized database. NOAA will leverage the data to import and calculate the costs associated with the maintenance and upkeep of each building, regardless of its location, as well as to provide the decision support needed during the capital planning process.

Responsible for more than 800 buildings nationwide, NOAA required a method to gather reliable and irrefutable information on the current condition of each facility from the occupants. To accomplish this, NOAA employed VFA’s customized Web-based questionnaire designed to enable staff, including oceanographers and scientists, to compile facilities-related information. The questionnaire module automatically interfaces with VFA.facility, delivering the solutions reporting and forecasting benefits to NOAA.

In addition, VFA’s software allows NOAA to integrate information from its other building software programs: Real Property Management, which specifies building locations; and, WHAM, an internal program that manages environmental-related data – for increased accuracy and streamlined management of information. This capability provides NOAA the opportunity to better address environmental compliance issues, and ensure the life-safety features of each building are well maintained.