[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 178 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 56614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18209]



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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice MA-2020-07; Docket No. 2020-0002, Sequence No. 20]


Request for Public Comment: Methodologies To Identify Excess 
Personal Property

AGENCY: General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GSA is seeking input on methodologies to identify personal 
property as excess. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for 
additional guidance.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 13, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by ``Notice-MA-2020-07, 
Methodologies to Identify Excess Personal Property'' by any of the 
following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for Notice-MA-
2020-07, Methodologies to Identify Excess Personal Property. Select the 
link ``Comment Now'' that corresponds with ``Notice MA-2020-07, 
Methodologies to Identify Excess Personal Property.'' Follow the 
instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name, company 
name (if applicable), and ``Notice-MA-2020-07, Methodologies to 
Identify Excess Personal Property'' on your attached document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Garrett, Director, 
Personal Property, Office of Government-wide Policy, 202-368-8163 or 
via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January 2018, the Federal Personal 
Property Management Act (FPPMA), Public Law 115-419, was enacted 
requiring agencies to regularly assess certain types of personal 
property under their control in accordance with guidance from GSA. 
Subsequently, on December 20, 2019, GAO published its final report GAO-
20-228, ``Federal Property: GSA Guidance Needed to Help Agencies 
Identify Unneeded Property in Warehouses.'' The report concluded, in 
part, ``with the recent enactment of FPPMA, an opportunity exists for 
GSA to develop and communicate guidance to help agencies assess 
property utilization and identify unneeded property in warehouses more 
efficiently that includes practices GSA identifies as being useful.'' 
The report concluded that the Administrator of General Services should 
``direct the Office of Government-wide Policy (1) to incorporate into 
its guidance approaches or practices that agencies could use to assess 
utilization of and the ongoing need for property--approaches such as 
recommendations for periodic justifications, data analytics, and 
utilization reviews--and (2) to develop a plan and timelines for 
communicating the guidance to agencies government-wide.'' To address 
these recommendations, in part, GSA established a working group of 
Federal and industry personal property management experts. GSA is 
soliciting input from the public to inform GSA and the working group of 
existing methodologies to effectively identify excess personal 
property.
    Although GSA may not respond to each individual comment, GSA may 
follow-up with respondents to clarify input. GSA values public feedback 
and will consider all comments that it receives. GSA will also be 
conducting targeted outreach on this same topic, including engaging 
with subject matter experts to improve internal guidance.

Jessica Salmoiraghi,
Associate Administrator, Office of the Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-18209 Filed 9-11-20; 8:45 am]
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