United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-12-17 monographic deposited born digital 23 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-56R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R P0b002ee18038300b f:d0256r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R GAO-02-56R Public schools Facility maintenance Contract oversight Maintenance services contracts Reporting requirements District of Columbia Correspondence A02592

In September 2001, GAO issued a report on the District of Columbia school system's use of a General Services Administration (GSA) areawide utility contract with the Washington Gas Light Company. The school system has used this contract for $43 million worth of general facility improvements and maintenance--work that was outside the scope of the contract. GAO raised concerns about GSA's guidance on the use of areawide utility contracts. GAO found that the guidance does not adequately indicate that, when the utility is not the only available source, services ordered under areawide contracts must be provided by the utility acting in its capacity as a public utility. In addition, GSA lacked oversight of the school system's use of the contract and was unaware of the scope of work ordered under it, largely because neither the school system nor Washington Gas complied with GSA's reporting requirements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R.pdf GAO-02-56R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-56R Correspondence GAO-02-56R; GSA's Guidance and Oversight Concerning Areawide Utility Contracts; Public schools Facility maintenance Contract oversight Maintenance services contracts Reporting requirements District of Columbia Title 15 Section 3203 15 U.S.C. 3203 Title 16 Section 2621 16 U.S.C. 2621 Title 40 Section 481 40 U.S.C. 481 Title 41 Section 253 41 U.S.C. 253 Title 42 Section 8256 Title 42 Section 8287 42 U.S.C. 8256 42 U.S.C. 8287 Public Law 102-486