§17093 Federal Green Building Performance

Summary

The Comptroller General must carry out audits and send reports. Not later than October 31 of each of the two fiscal years after the fiscal year this Act is passed, and later when the Comptroller General thinks it is needed, the Comptroller General will audit how this part and sections 6834(a)(3)(D) and 17091 are being put into practice. The Comptroller General will send the audit results to the Federal Director, the Advisory Committee, the Administrator, and Congress. The audit will look at budget, life-cycle costing, and contracting using best practices (see section 17092(d)); how well the Federal Director, OMB, the Department of Energy, and other agencies coordinate; how the Federal Director and agencies perform under the implementation plan; design-stage green building measures; the high-performance building data reported to the Office; and any other items the Comptroller General thinks are appropriate. The Federal Director must work with the Advisory Committee to improve the OMB government efficiency reports and scorecards under section 17144 and the Environmental Stewardship Scorecard announced at the White House summit in January 2006, to measure each agency’s use of sustainable design and green building actions.