United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-08-06 monographic deposited born digital 67 p. GA 1.13:RCED-98-238 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238 P0b002ee18038a697 f:rc98238 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238 RCED-98-238 National recreation areas National parks Hotels and motels Facility maintenance Facility security Concessions contracts Comparative analysis Maintenance standards Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) what, if any, standards the National Park Service has for its lodging facilities and how they are applied; (2) how common industry standards for maintaining the condition of hotel and motel facilities compare to the Park Service's standards; and (3) the condition of lodging facilities in national parks when evaluated by common industry standards.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Park Service has standards for lodging facilities located in national parks and generally conducts formal evaluations of the condition of these facilities at least twice a year; (2) if problems are identified during these inspections, follow-up inspections are done to determine if the deficiencies were corrected; (3) a final evaluation of a concessioner's performance is also completed at the end of the year; (4) the Park Service's and industry's standards for inspecting the condition of lodging facilities are generally similar; however, industry's standards impose requirements for additional amenities, furnishings, safety, and security; (5) some of these additional industry requirements were available in many park lodging facilities; (6) Park Service officials told GAO that not all of the industry's standards, such as providing a television in every room, should apply to lodging facilities in the national park system; (7) however, the Park Service is revising its standards to include more industry requirements; and (8) generally, when evaluated by common industry standards, the condition of lodging facilities in national parks varies among parks and within parks. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238.pdf GAO/RCED-98-238 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-238 Letter Report GAO/RCED-98-238; National Park Service: The Condition of Lodging Facilities Varies Among Selected Parks; National recreation areas National parks Hotels and motels Facility maintenance Facility security Concessions contracts Comparative analysis Maintenance standards