GSA's Challenges Implementing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The purpose of this document is to highlight challenges to the General Services Administration's (GSA) implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Recovery Act provided $5.55 billion to the GSA for the construction of courthouses, Federal buildings, and land ports of entry as well as measures to convert Federal buildings to High Performance Green Buildings. The Recovery Act also provided GSA with $300 million to improve the fuel efficiency of Government vehicles. To implement these programs, GSA will need to address multiple challenges that are inherent in GSA's implementation of the Recovery Act as well as some historical issues that may impact that implementation.