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GGD-84-60 1 (1984-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnim0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIISION B-214 590 APRIL 20, 1984 The Honorable Robert T. Stafford Chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate 123971 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Investigation of the Gramax Building Lease Firesafety Provisions (GAO/GGD-84-60) During an August 11, 1983, meeting, your office discussed with us the July 27, 1983, fire that occurred at the Gramax Building, a federally leased building located in Silver Spring, Maryland, that houses employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Your office expressed concern about how well the General Services Administration (GSA) negotiated and administered firesafety provisions contained in the lease. As agreed with your office, we reviewed the Gramax Building lease to determine whether it complied with GSA firesafety requirements and whether GSA administered the firesafety provi- sions as contained in the lease. We conducted our review during the period August 1983 through March 1984. We interviewed responsible officials in the GSA Central Office and National Capital Region and officials in NOAA. We also interviewed local fire department officials. We reviewed GSA handbooks, memorandums, lease files, and firesafety survey reports and toured the Gramax Building. Our work was done in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. As we advised your office during meetings held on Septem- ber 22, 1983, and February 22, 1984, GSA negotiated a lease renewal that required the lessor to correct several firesafety deficiencies. The lessor did not correct the deficiencies within the time period allowed by the lease terms, and GSA did not take timely action to correct the deficiencies itself. Some deficiencies still existed when the fire occurred. GSA offi- cials have not cited the uncorrected deficiencies as the cause (945625) 02_86'? 3

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