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Rhetorical analysis essay
Dr. Hailegebriel
Text: My rhetorical analysis is focused on an article titled“Do You Know Who Owns Your Building” by Keith Cunningham and Bob Homan of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, published in early 2017. This piece is written within the Journal of Government Real Estate founded by Dr. Dennis Eisen, editor-in-chief of Government Leasing News. This journal entry discusses how the United States is unaware that federal agencies are leasing office buildings owned by a foreign entity or corporation in many circumstances. This issue shaped the background for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to request the GAO to verify if foreign entities operate the facilities that contain high security federal processes and any potential risks (Cunningham & Homan, 2017). Examples of these agencies could be the “FBI, IRS, or Social Security office” (2017). In January 2017, GAO reported that the GSA is leasing space for “26 federal agencies with sensitive missions from companies based in foreign countries without the knowledge of GSA or the tenant agencies” (2017). It was concluded that those agencies occupy roughly “3.3 million square feet with an annual cost for leases of about $97 million” (2017) of taxpayer’s dollars. The use of space is for various sensitive operations, including “storing classified data and law enforcement equipment and evidence” (2017). GOA was not sophisticated enough to recognize who the owners were on “one-third of the leases of space that require higher levels of security protection” (2017). Cunningham and Homan stated that 20 out of the 25 leases for high-security space are classified as foreign-owned and operated here in the United States (2017). The federal agencies for the other five leases affirmed that the information about the foreign corporations that own their buildings is “too sensitive for public release” (2017).
Regardless of the advantages of foreign investment in the United States, federal facilities hold building and access control systems which are increasingly being connected to other information systems and the Internet (2017). The growing connectivity of these systems increases the susceptibility to cyber attacks, which could threaten security and damage temperature-sensitive equipment through cooling and heating controls (2017). An example of this could be data centers. U.S. government officials who evaluate foreign investments in the United States told GAO that “leasing space in foreign-owned buildings could present security risks such as espionage” (2017).
Purpose
Cunningham and Homan wrote about this situation to educate domestic landlords and our federal government on a rising issue. The primary purposes are to increase security measures, awareness of federal leasing policy, informing investors of opportunities, protecting public tenants from espionage and poorly structured lease terms with foreign entities. Throughout the journal, the authors have presented this new data in such a way that bestows trust and knowledge in the both the public and private sector in the area of investment and leasing in commercial real estate. They have a track record for being up-to-date in the government property industry. Their detailed analysis helps persuade the audience to look into how our tax dollars are spent, how the government should be aware of risks in federal leases and how valuable this information could be to landlords in securing a lease contract with a high-credit tenant.
Reader: Audience
This piece is written for those of the real estate investment discourse community. It is presented in a sophisticated manner for these types of real estate professionals. The audience must have knowledge relating to the terminology in the field of GSA leasing, state and local government leasing, property management, international security, and basic commercial real estate investment principals. They need to understand the basis of lease contract terminology, corporation formation, cyber security and federal policy. Without this knowledge, the reader may not understand the risks associated with the topic of discussion, the importance of how U.S. tax dollars are spent, and the opportunities available to landlords incorporated within the United States and abroad.
The audience should have a general presumption that federal agencies are at risk to terrorism threats, espionage and poor negotiations in structured lease deals. If the audience does not understand the gravity of the situation, the journal entry will appear of little importance.
Cunningham and Homan use professional jargon pertaining to the real estate industry. An example of this language stated above is, “those agencies occupy roughly 3.3 million square feet with an annual cost for leases of about $97 million” (2017). ” This is just one example of many that distinguishes their knowledge of real estate measures and the audience the text is intended for.
Writer: Keith Cunningham and Bob Homan of the U.S. Government Accountability Office , are professionals who are involved in a research on this issue. They are focused on eeducating domestic landlords and our federal government . Their educational and work background have been...
Stance
The genre is presented as an article within a scholastic journal relating to government-leased property. Cunningham and Homan’s attitude and tone throughout the text is unwavering while warranting precautions to the public and the private sectors. The two authors are precise and informative in their legislative and regulatory mandates and their stance is clear. Cunningham and Homan not only give a brief summary to the industry participants and a brief description of each controversial policy but correspondingly deliver detailed descriptions of federal budget data, tenants at risk, government oversight delegations, public property measures and foreign investment supporting/contrasting arguments.
Media
Cunningham and Homan use the Journal of Government Real Estate as their outlet to convey their message to their targeted audience. This journal is “devoted to keeping owners, managers, and developers of government-leased property informed of legislation and ever-changing rules and regulations governing space acquisition and procurements. It is the first point of information on upcoming opportunities in major lease, build-to-suit, modernization and construction efforts, long before publication of formal solicitations for offer or proposal requests. The Journal of Government Real Estate welcomes articles from industry participants on better, faster, and more efficient ways for space acquisition, property disposal, energy conservation, facility management and sustainability” (Journal of Government Real Estate 2017).
This specific median sets the tone for how Cunningham and Homan wrote the article. The information must be presented in a formal, sophisticated and professional manner for the real estate investment and federal government discourse community.
( You can add here examples of logos, ethos, pathos and kairos from the article....)
Conclusion
Cunningham and Homan wrote a piece of useful information for their target audience with sufficiency, credibility, and cohesiveness. They addressed their audience comprehensively and created an intellectual presentation. They achieved their goal in cautioning the audience while simultaneously providing themselves credibility as a contributing editor. I personally feel that this awareness will protect our citizens, strengthen our federal government counter terrorism efforts, stimulate our economy, and incentivize our domestic commercial real estate investors. Government leasing and brokerage is developing into an increasing and recognizable industry every year and this type of investment could possibly be the foreground for the next billionaires or terrorist activity.