Office of Personnel Management Should Defer Relocation of the Western Executive Seminar Center

Gao ID: GGD-84-80 June 6, 1984

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO conducted a cost analysis of the proposed relocation of the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Western Executive Seminar Center from Denver to Grand Junction, Colorado.

GAO found that the OPM proposal to move the Center in fiscal year 1985 cannot be justified on cost grounds. GAO estimated that such a move could entail net additional costs of over $300,000 in the first year and over $100,000 in the second year of operation. Furthermore, the continuing costs of operating the Center in Grand Junction could exceed the Denver costs by over $80,000 each year. GAO noted that the General Services Administration has stated that finding a substitute tenant will be difficult and, therefore, the Government will have to pay for unused space until the Denver lease expires.

Recommendations

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