Priority Open Recommendations: General Services Administration

What GAO Found

In May 2024, GAO identified five priority recommendations for the General Services Administration (GSA). Since then, GSA has implemented one of those recommendations by taking action to share information to help federal agencies better understand their future space needs.

In April 2025, GAO identified four additional priority recommendations, bringing the total number to eight. These recommendations involve the following areas:

• managing federal real property, which includes effectively disposing of unneeded property, improving federal real property data, and addressing deferred maintenance and repair;
• improving federal single audit reporting; and
• developing revised cost and schedule estimates for the Department of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation.

Why GAO Did This Study

Priority open recommendations are the GAO recommendations that warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies because their implementation could save large amounts of money; improve congressional and/or executive branch decision-making on major issues; eliminate mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or ensure that programs comply with laws and funds are legally spent, among other benefits. Since 2015 GAO has sent letters to selected agencies to highlight the importance of implementing such recommendations.

For more information, contact Heather Krause at krauseh@gao.gov.