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B-177038 1 (1972-11-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabldb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: , IAi I - Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of specific Val by the Office of Cengressional RelatEons, a record hich Is kept by the Distribution Section, Publication COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED ST 1 RELEASED WASHINGTON. D.C. 205 B-177038 NOV 20 1972 Dear Mr. Boggs: Your letter of August 27, 1972, requested that we investigate statements contained in letters date August 7 and 17, 1972, from Mr. Frank P. Biggs concefning(expenditures by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for relocation qfoffi&,s and related alterations t0obuildinks in Michoud, Louisiana. In March 1972 USDA moved its offices from the Wirth ' Building, leased by the General Services Administration (GSA) in New Orleans, Louisiana, to buildings owned by the Nation'al Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Michoud. USDA gave the following reasons for the move. 1. The GSA lease for the Wirth Building expired March 31, 1972, and was not renewable. 2. USDA had a space requirement of 175,000 square feet, which exceeded the 116,000 square feet available in the Wirth Building. The need for increased space was due to the establishment of the Central Voucher Payment Center. 3. The law and Executive orders require that, before Federal agencies lease privately owned space, they make maximum use of existing Government-owned space which adequately and economically meets their space needs. By January 1971 GSA informed USDA that excess Government-owned space was available in Michoud. Also USDA had estimated it would cost from $6 to $7.50 a square foot annually to lease a building meeting its requirements. In February 1972 USDA and NASA entered into an agreement whereby USDA would be permitted to occupy space in two NASA buildings in Michoud for a 2-year period ending March 31, 1974. NASA limited the agreement to 2 years because, at the time, it had a potential future requirement for the space. Because the NASA requirement has diminished since February 1972, USDA plans to ask NASA for a 10-year agreement; USDA 0 , I M P . .. ..

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