Federal Judiciary Space: Progress Is Being Made to Improve the Long-Range Planning Process (Testimony, 05/04/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-146). In a September 1993 report (GAO/GGD-93-132), GAO questioned the accuracy of the Judiciary's projections for its long-range space needs. GAO noted that all judicial districts were not treated consistently, existing space plus unmet needs was accepted as a baseline without questioning whether it was appropriate given a district's current caseload, and projection methods were not statistically acceptable and were very subjective. The Judiciary has implemented two of the six recommendations GAO made to overcome these problems--one involving the consistency of the process and the other relating to the time span covered by the projections. The Judiciary has partially responded to two other recommendations dealing with the projection methods and the level of subjectivity in the process. The Judiciary has not implemented the two remaining recommendations--improving the method for grouping districts and establishing appropriate baselines. Judiciary officials said that they are evaluating options for further action to fully address these recommendations. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: T-GGD-94-146 TITLE: Federal Judiciary Space: Progress Is Being Made to Improve the Long-Range Planning Process DATE: 05/04/94 SUBJECT: Work measurement standards Federal courts Federal office buildings Planning Government facility construction Cost analysis Federal agency reorganization Future budget projections Courts (law) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We regret that electronic text of GAO Testimony is not available at this time. See the GAO FAQ - Section 2.0 for printed copy ordering information. The FAQ is automatically retrieved with all WAIS search results or can be obtained by sending e-mail to: [email protected]