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 2007-01-31 monographic deposited born digital 109 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17 P0b002ee18037a5aa f:d0717 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17 GAO-07-17 Brokerage industry Conflict of interests Contract administration Evaluation criteria Financial analysis Internal controls Performance measures Real estate leases Safeguards Policies and procedures Other Written Product A65430 The General Services Administration (GSA) provides leased space to over 55 percent of federal employees at an annual cost of $3.6 billion. In 2004, GSA awarded four contracts for national broker services (NBS). Performance of the contracts began on April 1, 2005. This report focuses on GSA's administration of the leasing contracts for the first contract year, ending March 31, 2006, and addresses, among other matters, (1) how GSA is attempting to prevent conflicts of interest in the NBS leasing program and to safeguard its information; (2) what, if any, savings have accrued to the government; and (3) how GSA is distributing its leasing workload among the brokers. To address these matters, GAO, among other actions, analyzed the contracts; GSA's contract administration guide; and GSA's policies, procedures, and controls related to these matters. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17.pdf GAO-07-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-17 Other Written Product GAO-07-17; GSA Leasing: Initial Implementation of the National Broker Services Contracts Demonstrates Need for Improvements; Brokerage industry Conflict of interests Contract administration Evaluation criteria Financial analysis Internal controls Performance measures Real estate leases Safeguards Policies and procedures