§17093 Federal green building performance

Summary

The Comptroller General must audit how the law is put into practice. By October 31 in each of the two fiscal years after the fiscal year when the Act becomes law, and later as needed, the Comptroller General must review implementation of this part and of sections 6834(a)(3)(D) and 17091. The Comptroller General must send a report on the audit to the Federal Director, the Advisory Committee, the Administrator, and Congress. The audit must look at budget and life‑cycle costing and contracting (using best practices found under section 17092(d)); how well the Federal Director, OMB, DOE, and other agencies coordinate; how the Federal Director and agencies carry out the plan; design-stage green building measures; the high-performance building data sent to the Office; and any other items the Comptroller General finds appropriate. The Federal Director must work with the Advisory Committee to improve and help carry out the OMB government efficiency reports and scorecards under section 17144 and the Environmental Stewardship Scorecard announced at the White House summit in January 2006. These tools must measure how each federal agency is doing on sustainable design and green building efforts.