[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: 'Audit Report on the "Department of Energy's Management of Unneeded Real Estate"'

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Audit Report on the "Department of Energy's Management of Unneeded  
Real Estate"

Department of Energy Inspector General's Office
April 14, 2014


The 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.

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For the entire report, see
http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/04/f15/OAS-L-14-07.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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