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Open Recommendations (26 total)

Single Audits: Improving Federal Audit Clearinghouse Information and Usability Could Strengthen Federal Award Oversight

GAO-24-106173
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should develop a process to regularly identify, analyze, and respond to FAC data reliability issues that may affect federal oversight, such as establishing edit checks to mitigate issues related to data accuracy, consistency, and completeness. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Real Property: GSA Should Improve Accuracy, Completeness, and Usefulness of Public Data

GAO-20-135
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should work in consultation with agencies to determine which, if any, data should be withheld from public release. (Recommendation 3)
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In August 2023, GSA indicated that it has established procedures for controlled, unclassified information (CUI) since the last revision of the FRPP Data Dictionary. GSA officials said that they would work with their partners to determine if the current guidance effectively addresses this recommendation. GAO agreed to revisit the recommendation in spring 2024.

Single Audits: Improving Federal Audit Clearinghouse Information and Usability Could Strengthen Federal Award Oversight

GAO-24-106173
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3 Open Recommendations
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should, in coordination with federal agencies and professional audit organizations, identify and prioritize features to enhance the usefulness of FAC data for federal oversight in accordance with federal data standards. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should, in coordination with federal agencies, develop proposed funding and timelines for implementing the identified and prioritized features to enhance the usefulness of FAC data for federal oversight through interagency agreements or other methods. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should, upon consulting with professional audit organizations, provide additional training to auditors and recipients to help ensure that they complete FAC data collection forms accurately, completely, and consistent with the audit report. (Recommendation 8)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

GSA Commercial Platforms Program: Opportunities Exist to Improve Implementation

GAO-23-106128
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General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) should ensure that the Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service develops a plan to formalize its manufacturer part number efforts intended to help ensure AbilityOne products are procured in lieu of their essentially the same counterparts. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

GSA Commercial Platforms Program: Opportunities Exist to Improve Implementation

GAO-23-106128
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General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) should ensure that the Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, in consultation with the Small Business Administration, develops a more efficient process to enable participating agencies to include small business spend on the commercial platforms toward their small business goals. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Real Property: Agencies Should Provide More Information About Increases in Deferred Maintenance and Repair

GAO-24-105485
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should ensure that the administration's budget materials or other documents provide more information to Congress and the public regarding the agency's deferred maintenance and repair backlog, including at a minimum, explanations for major changes from year to year, categories of assets included in DM&R estimates, and the proportion of DM&R estimates needed to support the mission. (Recommendation 10)
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GSA agreed with the recommendation and said it was developing a plan to address it.

Federal Real Property: DHS and GSA Need to Strengthen the Management of DHS Headquarters Consolidation

GAO-14-648
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1 Priority
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
General Services Administration
Priority Rec.
In order to improve transparency and allow for more informed decision making by congressional leaders and DHS and GSA decision-makers, before requesting additional funding for the DHS headquarters consolidation project, after revising the DHS headquarters consolidation plans, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the General Services Administration should work jointly to develop revised cost and schedule estimates for the remaining portions of the consolidation project that conform to GSA guidance and leading practices for cost and schedule estimation, including an independent evaluation of the estimates.
Open – Partially Addressed
The Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015 (Pub. L. No. 114-150) was enacted on April 29, 2016. Among other things, the act requires DHS, in coordination with GSA, to submit information to Congress about DHS headquarters consolidation efforts not later than 120 days of enactment. Required information includes a comprehensive assessment of property and facilities utilized by DHS in the National Capital Region, and an analysis that identifies the costs and benefits of leasing and construction alternatives for the remainder of the consolidation project. However, this report did not contain sufficient cost and schedule information for us to perform a comprehensive analysis to assess reliability. In July 2023, GSA provided us with a report from a planning and funding reset for the project, and in December 2023, DHS provided us with updates for its estimates. As of February 2024, we continue to collect documentation from GSA and DHS that supported the updated cost and schedule estimates. Once we obtain all available documentation related to the leading practices for cost and schedule estimation, we will determine the extent to which GSA and DHS have adhered to these leading practices. Continued DHS and GSA attention to following leading practices for capital planning and cost and schedule estimation is critical given the project's multi-billion dollar cost and impact on future departmental operations.

Federal Real Property: Agencies Should Provide More Information About Increases in Deferred Maintenance and Repair

GAO-24-105485
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should ensure that the administration develops a plan to address its DM&R backlog and identifies the funding and time frames needed to reduce this backlog in congressional budget requests, related reports to decision makers, or both. (Recommendation 11)
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GSA agreed with this recommendation and officials stated the agency was developing a plan to address it. In its fiscal year 2025 budget justification, published in March 2024, GSA provided some information on addressing its deferred maintenance and repair backlog, including through requests for obligational authority and maintenance funding. The budget justification noted that persistent underfunding of its capital investment program has and will likely continue to result in increases to the backlog. Further, GSA officials observed that eliminating the backlog is not achievable through this single year's budget request. However, GSA's request did not identify ways to address these issues or present a longer-term plan for how GSA intends to address its backlog, including funding amounts and timeframes. GAO will continue to monitor GSA's efforts to implement this recommendation.
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