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New GAO Reports: High-Risk Series, Real Property

  • High-Risk Series: An Update, GAO-09-271, January 22, 2009: “In 1990, GAO began a program to report on government operations that it identified as “high risk.” Since then, generally coinciding with the start of each new Congress, GAO has periodically reported on the status of progress to address high-risk areas and updated the high-risk list. GAO’s most recent high-risk update was in January 2007. That update identified 27 high-risk areas. In March 2008, a 28th area was added, the 2010 Census.”
  • Real Property: Infrastructure Investment Presents Opportunities to Address Long-standing Real Property Backlogs and Reduce Energy Consumption, GAO-09-324T, January 22, 2009: “We welcome the opportunity to testify on infrastructure investment in federal buildings, including energy-saving opportunities in federal building construction and repair and alteration projects. Federal agencies have identified billions of dollars in reinvestment requirements to maintain their aging facilities and bring them up to current standards. In addition, according to Department of Energy (DOE) estimates, federal agencies will need over a billion dollars annually through 2015 for projects needed to meet congressional energy efficiency goals. As the nation’s single largest energy consumer, the federal government spent approximately $17 billion in fiscal year 2007 on energy use in buildings and vehicles.”

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