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088955 1 (1972-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuxq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGI ON, DC 20548 RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC MAY 2 2 1972 DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Dear Mr. Edminster We have reviewed the real property management operations of the Agracultural Research Service (ARS). Our review was concerned pri- marily with the accountability for and control, construction, utiliza- tion, and disposition of real property. We examined laws, regulations, and records relating to ARS real pioperty management operations and interviewed ARS officials and offi- cials of the General Services Administration (GSA). Most of our work was done at ARS ir Hyattsville, Maryland, and the Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. In addition we visited the ARS Manage- ment Services and Finance Divisions located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and ARS research facilities at Wyndmoor and University Park, Pennsyl- vania, and Georgetown, Delaware On the basis of our review, we concluded that ARS needs to estab- lish procedures to ensure that, in accordance with Federal Property Management Regulations, real property holdings aie reviewed annually to identify those no longer needed or not being put to optimum use so they can be made available for use by other agencies. This matter is discussed below. NEED TO IDENTIFY UNNEEDED FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY The Federal Property Management Regulations require that each executive agency, commencing with fiscal year 1971, make an annual review of its property to determine whether any portion of its prop- erty is not utilized, is underutilized, or is not being put to optimum use When an agency determines that property or a portion of property under its control is not utilized, the regulations require the agency to either release the property or, upon determination by the head of the agency, hold it for a foreseeable future program use. A GSA official told us that agencies are required also to notify GSA if property being held for future use can be made available for temporary use by others. ARS officials told us that, although ARE real propercy hoidings were reviewed periodically, they were not awate of the requirements

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