Us Government Accountability Office

Federal Real Property: National Strategy and Better Data Needed to Improve Management of Excess and Underutilized Property Us Government Accountability Office

In 2010, federal agencies reported about 3.35 billion square feet of building space to the FRPP: 79 percent of the reported building space was federally owned, 17 percent was leased, and 4 percent was otherwise managed. The data indicated that the agencies used most of the space?about 64 percent?as offices, warehouses, housing, hospitals, and laboratories. The five agencies we reviewed?GSA, DOE, Interior, VA, and USDA?reported owning or leasing more than 866 million square feet of building space, or about 25 percent of the total reported square footage for all agencies.