Impoundment Control: Deferrals of Budget Authority in GSA (Letter Report,
11/05/93, GAO/OGC-94-17).

This letter discusses deferrals of budget authority in the General
Services Administration (GSA) building programs that the President
should have, but did not, report to Congress as required by the
Impoundment Control Act.  GAO must report to Congress whenever it finds
a reserve or deferral of budget authority for which the President has
not transmitted a special impoundment message.  In September 1993, the
head of the Public Buildings Service requested an immediate review of
new public buildings projects not yet under construction to ensure that
the need for new buildings was justified.  This directive affected 188
GSA projects.  GAO disagrees with GSA that the current delay is not an
impoundment. GAO concludes that the deferral is clearly intended to
"achieve savings made possible by or through changes in requirement or
greater efficiency of operations." In GAO's view, the GSA order
constitutes a reportable, but authorized, deferral.

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 REPORTNUM:  OGC-94-17
     TITLE:  Impoundment Control: Deferrals of Budget Authority in GSA
      DATE:  11/05/93
   SUBJECT:  Appropriated funds
             Budget authority
             Construction contracts
             Deferral of budget authority
             Impoundment
             Facility construction
             Budget obligations
             Program evaluation
             Federal procurement
             Budgetary reserves
IDENTIFIER:  National Performance Review
             
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