From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:56:05 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: 'Audit Report on the "Department of Energy's Management of Unneeded Real Estate"' |
Audit Report on the "Department of Energy's Management of Unneeded
Real Estate"
Department of Energy Inspector General's Office April 14, 2014The Department of Energy (Department) manages real property assets of approximately 118 million square feet. This portfolio includes 117 million square feet of Department-owned space and 1 million square feet of leased space. In June 2010, Presidential Memorandum Disposing of Unneeded Real Estate directed the heads of executive agencies to accelerate efforts to identify and eliminate excess properties to remove wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars, save energy and water, and reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Additionally, agencies were directed to make better use of remaining real property assets as measured by utilization and occupancy rates, annual operating costs, energy efficiency, and sustainability. The Presidential Memorandum set a target to achieve no less than $3 billion in cost savings Government-wide for Fiscal Years (FY) 2010 to 2012 from these efforts. In response to the Presidential Memorandum and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) implementation guidance, the Department established a Departmental target of $375 million in cost avoidance for this period, including cost avoidance resulting from disposal of facilities and from space management initiatives. ... For the entire report, see http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/04/f15/OAS-L-14-07.pdf -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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