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OGC-94-17 1 (1993-11-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabswx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 15-0279 10 ~ Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 B-255338.2 November 5, 1993 The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This letter reports deferrals of budget authority in the General Services Administration (GSA) building programs that should have been, but were not, reported to the Congress by the President pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Act), 2 U.S.C. § 681 et sea. (1988). Section 1015(a) of the Act, 2 U.S.C. § 686(a), requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress whenever he finds that any officer or employee of the United States has ordered, permitted, or approved a reserve or deferral of budget authority, and the President has not transmitted a special impoundment message with respect to such reserve or deferral. On September 9, 1993, Kenneth R. Kimbrough, Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, instructed all assistant regional administrators to undertake an immediate review of new public buildings projects not yet under construction. GSA directed the review in order to step back and assure that the need for new public buildings projects is justified. GSA News Release, September 16, 1993. The projects to be reviewed can be found in a master list of approximately 188 GSA projects. Commissioner Kimbrough advised the assistant regional administrators that: Until the aforementioned projects have been reviewed and cleared by Central Office, the regions shall not proceed with any of the following actions: - award any new design, construction, construction management services or other major related contracts; - award lease contracts; - procure any sites; or - issue new solicitations or requests for proposals.

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