The GSA also would have to report annually on plans for relocating federal agencies housed in GSA-owned space that it plans to dispose of. Image: Rena Schild/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffA bill (HR-6480) that would raise the level of scrutiny of the GSA real estate portfolio has been readied for a House floor vote after issuance of a CBO cost estimate.
It would require annual reports from the GSA on issues including total leases and amount of leased space; leases signed or terminated; amounts of vacant lease space; numbers of buildings owned, disposed of or newly built or altered; and more.
The GSA also would have to report annually on plans for relocating federal agencies housed in GSA-owned space that it plans to dispose of, and those in rented space for which the leases are not being renewed, “including how the relocations will be paid for and whether or not the agency tenant requested the relocations.”
The bill, which has bipartisan sponsorship, recently was approved on a voice vote by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. It follows years of focus on underused or unused space either owned or leased, difficulties in disposing of the excess, and more recently issues of overcrowding after offsite work was cut.
GSA’s own real estate portfolio or both owned and leased space includes its headquarters in Washington, D.C. plus 10 regional office buildings and 500 field locations. An earlier IG report had “found that GSA’s ability to manage its internal space is impaired because it lacks the accurate and reliable data necessary to determine and monitor its occupancy.”
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