Why is Disposal Difficult

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Thank You for Invitng Us!
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words!
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SUBMITTING PICTURES TO GSAXCESS

• DESIRED PICTURES
• BEFORE TAKING THE PICTURE
• TAKING THE PICTURE
• NAMING THE PICTURE FILE
• WAYS TO SUBMIT PICTURES
• UPLOADING PICTURES ON-LINE
• VIEWING UPLOADED PICTURES
• QUESTIONS

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DESIRED PICTURES - GSA BULLETIN FMR B-14
UTILIZATION AND DISPOSAL - 12/1/2006

• Purpose - Guide Federal agencies in the use of
  photographs when reporting excess property and
  when selling property.
• Result Plan to provide photographs or digital
  images of excess property, which meets the
  criteria specified by this bulletin.

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DESIRED PICTURES CRITERIA

• Property reported for utilization or sale meeting
  
• The following criteria should be accompanied by
• informative and good quality photographs.
• Property at or above the agency financial
  accountability threshold or
• Property in the following Federal Supply Groups
  (FSG)/Classes (FSC) with an original acquisition
  cost exceeding 300.

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DESIRE FSGs and FGCs PICTURES

• Group 19 Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, and
  Floating Docks
• Group 23 Ground Effect Vehicles, Motor
  Vehicles, Trailers, and Cycles
• Group 24 Tractors
• Group 34 Metalworking Machinery
• Group 38 Construction, Mining, Excavating, and
  Highway Maintenance Equipment

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DESIRED FSGs and FGCs PICTURES - Cont

• Group 39 Materials Handling Equipment
• Group 42 Firefighting, rescue, and Safety
  Equipment and Environmental Protection Equipment
  and Materials
• Group 54 Prefabricated Structures and
  Scaffolding
• Class 6115 Generators and Generator Sets,
  Electrical
• Class 6515 Medical and Surgical Instruments,
  Equipment and Supplies

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• BEFORE TAKING THE PICTURE

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• CHECK LIGHTING
• Ensure the lighting is sufficient to bring out
  the detail
• and show the true colors of the item(s).
• Avoid shadows and do not take photographs of
  vehicles inside a garage.
• When using a flash, avoid reflections on glass or
  mirrors.

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• SHOW DETAIL
• Fill the entire frame.
• If the brand name, manufacturer, or any other
  data are visible, include them in the photo.
• Take more than one picture to show different
  views, that is, the entire object versus
  sectional shots.

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• SHOW DETAIL Cont
• Remove tags from vehicles.
• Dont show duct tape or other wrapping material
  that may be used to hold multiples of the same
  item together.

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• AVOID CLUTTER
• Anything in the background that distracts from
  the item being excess, either remove or isolate.
• A plain colored fabric backdrop can be used to
  accomplish this. However, do not use all white
  because the contrast will be too great.

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• AVOID CLUTTER CONT
• Ensure that pictures of people are not included.
• When taking a photo of an item that contains a
  mirror, ensure that no ones image is in the
  mirror.

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• OFFENSIVE OR DERATORY
• Ensure that nothing is included in the
  photographs that
• may be construed as offensive or derogatory in
  nature..

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• TAKING THE PICTURE
• Type Only digital or scanned photographs are
  acceptable.
• Format Only the .jpg, Joint Photographic Experts
  Group (JPEG), file extension is acceptable.
• Size Submit any size photograph the large
  (full view) picture is displayed in GSAXcess in
  a rectangular format at 600 X 400 pixels.
  Reporting activities should submit rectangular
  pictures.

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• TAKING THE PICTURE CONT
• Additional photos Up to 11 thumbnails showing
  different views of the item will be displayed on
  the same screen in a square format at 70 X 70
  pixels.
• Quantity No more than 12 photographs can be
  submitted per Item Control Number (ICN).

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• NAMING THE PICTURE FILE
• Each photograph must be identified by a separate
  photograph filename.
• The photograph filename begins with the ICN (a 15
  position field with the 15th space blank or with
  a suffix), identifying the item being reported
  for excess by the reporting agency.

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• NAMING THE PICTURE FILE CONT
• The photograph suffix (consisting of an Alpha
  character) is added to the end of the ICN for
  each separate photograph for that item.
• Followed by the photograph file extension .jpg
  at end.

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• NAMING THE PICTURE FILE CONT
• ICN 1236WW70580001 (without
  suffix)
• Picture Name 1236WW70580001A
• File Name 1236WW70580001A.JPG
• ICN 1236WW70580001A (with
  suffix)
• Picture Name 1236WW70580001AA
• File Name 1236WW70580001AA.JPG

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• FILE NAME FOR ADDITIONAL PICTURES
• The 1ST photograph (full view) will end with the
• photograph suffix A, and any other pictures
  
• (thumbnails) for that item will be from
  suffix B through M, excluding the letter I.
• Please note that all alphabetical letters are
  capitalized.

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• FILE NAME FOR ADDITIONAL PICTURES
• Example of 1 item, which have 12 different
  photos of that item..
• 1st Photo 1236WW70600001A.JPG
• 2nd Photo 1236WW70600001B.JPG
• 3rd Photo 1236WW70600001C.JPG
• 4th Photo 1236WW70600001D.JPG
• 5th Photo 1236WW70600001E.JPG
• 6th Photo 1236WW70600001F.JPG
• 7th Photo 1236WW70600001G.JPG
• 8th Photo 1236WW70600001H.JPG
• 9th Photo 1236WW70600001J.JPG
• 10th Photo 1236WW70600001K.JPG
• 11th Photo 1236WW70600001L.JPG
• 12th Photo 1236WW70600001M.JPG

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• WAYS TO SUBMIT PICTURES

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• Submitting Pictures Through Email
• Picture files must be named correctly.
• Do not send more than ten photographs per email
  message because the server has a limitation on
  the number of kilobytes that can be received per
  email
• Send digital photographs to gsaxcess.pictures_at_gsa.
  gov.

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• Submitting Pictures Through the Mail
• If emailing photographs is not practical, send
  the
• digital photographs on a floppy disc or CD
  through the
• mail or by courier to the following addressGSA
  4FBP
• Attn Diane Smith-Knights401 W. Peachtree
  Street, NWSuite 2600Atlanta, GA 30308
• Picture Files must be named correctly.

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• Submitting Pictures Through the Batch
• For files that are batched and sent via File
  Transfer Protocol (FTP), the photograph file
  extension .jpg must be omitted even though the
  file is in the Joint Photographic Experts Group
  (JPEG) format.
• For more details concerning the GSAXcess
  directory and /or the batch process, request
  information through gsaxcess_at_gsa.gov.

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• UPLOADING PICTURES

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• LOG-IN GSAXcess

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• ENTER ACCESS CODE AND PASSWORD

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• CLICK ON MENU

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• UPLOAD PICTURE BUTTON

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• UPLOAD PICTURE BUTTON

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• UPLOAD PICTURE BUTTON

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• SEPARATE LOGIN TO UPLOAD PICTURES

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• UPLOAD MULTIPLE PICTURES

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• SELECT PICTURE FILES

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• UPLOAD PICTURES FILES

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• COPIED SUCCESSFULLY

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• How to View Picture Prior to Being Posted to Data
  Sheet?
• Click on Modify Report
• Enter ICN
• Click Submit button
• Look to right of modify report page for pictures.

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• GO TO MODIFY REPORT

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• VIEW PICTURE WAITING APPROVAL

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• AAMS PROPERTY SEARCH RESULTS - BEFORE

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• ACTIVITY ADDRESS CODE 126424 AFTER

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• ICN 126424-7060-0001 BEFORE

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• ICN 126424-7060-0001 AFTER

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• ICN 126424-7060-0002 BEFORE

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• ICN 126424-7060-0002 AFTER

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• ICN 126424-7060-0003 BEFORE

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• ICN 126424-7060-0003 AFTER

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• Contact Information
• Mike Eaton, CPPM
• Senior Property Disposal Specialist
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail michael.eaton_at_gsa.gov