Federal Real Property: Strategic Parnerships and Local Coordination Could Help Agencies Better Utilize Space. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Commi

摘要

GAO designated the federal government's management of its nearly 400,000 real property assets as high-risk in part because of overreliance on leasing and the retention of excess facilities. Real property management is coordinated nationally by the FRPC--an association of landholding agencies chaired by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To explore the potential to reduce leasing by better utilizing owned properties, GAO was asked to examine: (1) the potential for collocation and the factors that can affect that potential, (2) the possible benefits of collocation, and (3) the challenges associated with collocation, and what solutions, if any, can mitigate these challenges. GAO reviewed property data and documents from eight of the largest property-holding agencies; laws, regulations and guidance; and prior GAO reports. GAO also analyzed eight case study markets of varying size and federal agency presence, and interviewed agency officials.