Review of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 and Its Implementations

Gao ID: LCD-79-302 January 25, 1979

In an evaluation of the implementation of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976, GAO reviewed all aspects of the act, including: (1) the methods used by the General Services Administration (GSA) to identify and calculate costs of acquiring and renovating train stations and other historical buildings; (2) the feasibility of leasing space for commercial activities in federal buildings; and (3) the appropriateness of using historic buildings for federal office space.

GAO found that GSA is interpreting the act as a way to acquire and preserve historic structures, whereas GAO believes the intent of the act is for the purpose of acquiring additional federal office space.

Recommendations

Our recommendations from this work are listed below with a Contact for more information. Status will change from "In process" to "Open," "Closed - implemented," or "Closed - not implemented" based on our follow up work.

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