GSA and the City of Charleston have developed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) setting forth the terms and conditions for the exchange. Under the MOU, in exchange for the Rivers Building, the City of Charleston would convey to the federal government a parcel of city-owned land at 101 Broad Street and construct a building on it to support existing federal functions. This newly constructed feder

A new convention center is being constructed in accordance with the Washington Convention Center Authority Act of 1994, which authorizes the Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) to construct, maintain, and operate a new convention center while continuing to maintain and operate the existing convention center. GAO reviewed (1) issues related to the Revised Guaranteed Maximum Price agreeme

In recent years, concerns have been raised that new courtrooms continue to be built for district judges, even though existing courtrooms appear to be under used. The judiciary wants to maintain its one-judge, one-courtroom policy because of concerns about the effect of shared courtroom space on judicial administration. The judiciary has not, however, determined whether courtroom sharing may be po

GAO discussed the Forest Service's management of the Tongass National Forest timber sales program pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). GAO noted that the Service: (1) complied with provisions that required it to offer 450 million board feet of timber to the timber industry each year; (2) did not meet the act's timber industry employment maintenance goal, due t

GAO found that, as of June 1986: (1) the contractor and the National Park Service's (NPS) Denver Service Center shared the responsibility for construction delays; (2) the increase in contract costs was due to the short time NPS allotted for designing the project, modifications to the original contract, and unforeseen site conditions; and (3) although contract modifications extended the completion

GAO found that: (1) the net cost difference for the two locations would be relatively small; (2) the total nonrecurring costs, such as land acquisition and building rehabilitation, would be lower for Seneca Falls than Norman; (3) the total recurring costs, such as facility operating costs, would be higher at Seneca Falls because of the greater space requirement and annual costs to operate the exi

GAO found that: (1) since 1982, Arizona and Utah have eliminated their programs for prior approval of health facility construction without imposing a moratorium on construction; (2) health facility construction activity in Utah increased from $19 million in 1984 to $39 million in 1985 after it eliminated the approval program; (3) no clear pattern of changes in construction activity was apparent i

GAO found that state-of-the-art finite element computer programs are currently used by large consulting firms and Federal agencies for thermal analysis of mass concrete structures. In acknowledgment of their lack of experience with such thermal analysis programs, the Corps consulted with the Bureau of Reclamation and initiated a research and development program to study concrete cracking. The Cor