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 2008-09-10 monographic deposited born digital 77 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-939 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939 P0b002ee1803902aa f:d08939 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939 GAO-08-939 Administrative costs Comparative analysis Cost analysis Federal facilities Federal property Federal property management Health care facilities Health centers Land leases Land management Land use agreements Leases Maintenance costs Program management Property Property disposal Real estate leases Real property Strategic planning Veterans Veterans benefits Program goals or objectives Other Written Product A84109

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates one of the largest healthcare-related real estate portfolios in the nation. However, many VA facilities are older and no longer well suited to providing care, leaving VA with millions of square feet of property it does not use to capacity (underutilized) or at all (vacant). VA has various legal authorities that allow it to dispose of such property. GAO was asked to identify (1) VA's progress in reducing underutilized or vacant property and how much VA spends operating the underutilized or vacant property it retains; (2) VA's use of its various legal authorities to reduce underutilized and vacant property and the extent to which VA tracks how these authorities contribute to reductions; and (3) the challenges VA faces in minimizing underutilized and vacant space and the strategies VA is using to address these challenges. To accomplish these objectives, GAO reviewed VA property data, and visited eight VA locations based on space utilization, use of authorities, and other factors. GAO also interviewed officials from various VA offices and stakeholders. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939.pdf GAO-08-939 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-939 Other Written Product GAO-08-939; Federal Real Property: Progress Made in Reducing Unneeded Property, but VA Needs Better Information to Make Further Reductions; Administrative costs Comparative analysis Cost analysis Federal facilities Federal property Federal property management Health care facilities Health centers Land leases Land management Land use agreements Leases Maintenance costs Program management Property Property disposal Real estate leases Real property Strategic planning Veterans Veterans benefits Program goals or objectives Title 16 Section 470 16 U.S.C. 470 Volume 102 Page 487 102 Stat. 487 Volume 121 Page 1844 121 Stat. 1844 Public Law 100-322 Public Law 110-161