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U.S. Postal Service: Cost-Cutting Initiatives and Other Factors Have Contributed to Declining Service Performance
GAO-26-108527
Sep 17, 2026
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General, in the next update of USPS's strategic plan, should include details about USPS's ongoing and planned actions to improve service performance, the expected impact of those actions on USPS's ability to meet its service performance targets, and any challenges USPS faces in improving service performance. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Personal Property: GSA Can Better Assess the Effectiveness of Its Disposal Efforts
GAO-26-108521
Sep 16, 2026
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration should develop and incorporate performance measures into the Office of Personal Property Management's scorecard that are aligned with its desired outcomes and its core personal property disposal efforts. These performance measures should include quantifiable targets and time frames. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration should identify, collect, and use performance data that GSA needs to fully assess the effectiveness of its core personal property disposal efforts. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Real Property: GSA Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Agencies’ Awareness of Meeting Spaces List
GAO-26-108669
Sep 14, 2026
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2 Open Recommendations
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should improve the comprehensiveness of its federal meeting facilities list by adding all of GSA's relevant meeting spaces to the list and encouraging other agencies to add their spaces to the list. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should take additional steps to increase tenant agency awareness of its federal meeting facilities list. This could include leveraging existing efforts, such as the results of GSA's shared space pilot and contact lists from other GSA programs, like the Space Intake Portal. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

DOD Installation Services: Action Needed to Improve Oversight of Intergovernmental Support Agreements
GAO-26-108092
Sep 09, 2026
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5 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop guidance for Army installations on how to estimate potential IGSA costs and cost savings for IGSAs that will provide services on a task-order basis, such as multi-installation and multi-service IGSAs, including a standard method for estimating financial benefits across multiple installations. (Recommendation 1)
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The Department of the Army generally agreed with this recommendation and identified actions they planned to take to address it. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should develop guidance for Navy and Marine Corps installations on how to estimate potential IGSA costs and cost savings for IGSAs that will provide services on a task-order basis, such as multi-installation and multi-service IGSAs, including a standard method for estimating financial benefits across multiple installations. (Recommendation 2)
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The Department of the Navy generally agreed with this recommendation. The Department stated that it would develop guidance to achieve more robust comparison of estimated versus actual costs of IGSA task orders to provide accurate data on overall IGSA cost-effectiveness. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.
Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should develop guidance for Air Force and Space Force installations on how to estimate potential IGSA costs and cost savings for IGSAs that will provide services on a task-order basis, such as multi-installation and multi-service IGSAs, including a standard method for estimating financial benefits across multiple installations. (Recommendation 3)
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The Department of the Air Force generally agreed with this recommendation. The Department stated that it would distribute additional guidance, as appropriate, to ensure adequate cost savings and avoidance were assessed prior to approving multi-service and multi installation IGSAs and subsequent task orders. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should develop procedures to verify the accuracy of Navy and Marine Corps installations' IGSA cost and cost savings estimates. (Recommendation 4)
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The Department of the Navy generally agreed with this recommendation. The Department stated that it would develop guidance that would direct more thorough cost-estimate and cost savings data collection to enable more effective assessment and back-testing of IGSA cost estimation methodologies. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.
Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should develop procedures to verify the accuracy of Air Force and Space Force installations' IGSA cost and cost savings estimates. (Recommendation 5)
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The Department of the Air Force generally agreed with this recommendation. The Department stated that it would develop a process to annually review IGSAs to compare and assess actual costs of performance against the cost estimates developed prior to the initial IGSA approval. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.
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