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 2004-12-20 monographic deposited born digital 44 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-158 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158 P0b002ee180396405 f:d05158 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158 GAO-05-158 Construction costs Cost analysis Facility construction Federal courts Federal property management Government facility construction Federal facilities Cost estimates Los Angeles (CA) Other Written Product A14617 Since the early 1990s, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the federal judiciary have been carrying out a multibillion dollar courthouse construction initiative to address the judiciary's growing space needs. To plan for and make funding decisions on projects, Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and GSA have relied on a rolling 5-year plan prepared annually by the judiciary that prioritizes new courthouse projects based on an urgency score. The urgency score is based on the year a courthouse runs out of space, the number of judges without courtrooms, security concerns, and operational inefficiencies. In recent years, the L.A. courthouse had the highest urgency score in the judiciary's 5-year plan. At a cost of approximately $400 million, the new courthouse is expected to be one of the most expensive projects in the federal government's courthouse construction program to date. In light of the project's significance, GAO was asked: (1) To what extent does GSA's current L.A. courthouse project proposal address the underlying conditions that led to Los Angeles's high urgency score and (2) what construction and other costs, if any, may be required to meet judiciary and related needs in Los Angeles? The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and GSA provided technical comments on this report. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158.pdf GAO-05-158 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-158 Other Written Product GAO-05-158; L.A. Federal Courthouse Project: Current Proposal Addresses Space Needs, but Some Security and Operational Concerns Would Remain; Construction costs Cost analysis Facility construction Federal courts Federal property management Government facility construction Federal facilities Cost estimates Los Angeles (CA) Volume 118 Page 3 Volume 118 Page 2809 118 Stat. 3 118 Stat. 2809 Public Law 108-199 Public Law 108-447