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Environmental Protection Agency: Plans in Limbo for Consolidated Headquarters Space

GGD-93-84 Published: Apr 19, 1993. Publicly Released: Jun 15, 1993.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the General Services Administration's (GSA) efforts to improve working conditions at EPA headquarters and obtain suitable consolidated headquarters space for EPA.

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Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
General Services Administration The Acting Administrator of General Services should give prompt attention to reaching an agreement acceptable to the new administration and the House and Senate public works committees on an approved housing plan for FTB, since the outcome of that decision will affect EPA and several other agencies' space planning. Depending on the decisions reached concerning FTB, GSA needs to submit a building proposal for congressional approval that will settle the EPA future housing situation and provide adequate funding to fulfill its needs.
Closed – Implemented
GSA has decided to locate EPA in three buildings in the Federal Triangle area--the Ariel Rios Building, the Federal Triangle Building, and the ICC Commerce Building, by the fall of 1996.

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Administrative costsAir pollutionFacility repairsFederal employeesFederal office buildingsFederal property managementOccupational safetyPersonnel managementTransportation costsWorking conditions