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Impoundment Control: Deferrals of Budget Authority in GSA

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 5, 1993
Report No. OGC-94-17
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Summary:

This letter discusses deferrals of budget authority in the General Services Administration (GSA) building programs that the President should have, but did not, report to Congress as required by the Impoundment Control Act. GAO must report to Congress whenever it finds a reserve or deferral of budget authority for which the President has not transmitted a special impoundment message. In September 1993, the head of the Public Buildings Service requested an immediate review of new public buildings projects not yet under construction to ensure that the need for new buildings was justified. This directive affected 188 GSA projects. GAO disagrees with GSA that the current delay is not an impoundment. GAO concludes that the deferral is clearly intended to "achieve savings made possible by or through changes in requirement or greater efficiency of operations." In GAO's view, the GSA order constitutes a reportable, but authorized, deferral.

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