Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act / Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Contributor:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public lands--United States--Management.

Public lands.

Public lands--Economic aspects--United States.

Government purchasing of real property--Law and legislation--United States.

Government purchasing of real property.

United States. Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Novinka Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION ACT

CONTENTS

CORRESPONDENCE

ABBREVIATIONS

Chapter 1 RESULTS IN BRIEF*

Chapter 2 BACKGROUND

FEDERAL LAND SALES AUTHORITIES AND PROCESS

FEDERAL LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING

OTHER LAND SALE LAWS

FLTFA REQUIREMENTS ON USE OF REVENUE AND OTHER KEY PROVISIONS

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IMPLEMENTS FLTFA

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FLTFA

Chapter 3 BLM HAS RAISED MOST FLTFA REVENUE FROM LAND SALES IN NEVADA

BLM HAS RAISED 95.7 MILLION FROM FLTFA LAND SALES, PRIMARILY IN TWO NEVADA FIELD OFFICES

Chapter 4 BLM FACES SEVERAL CHALLENGES TO FUTURE SALES UNDER FLTFA

BLM STATE AND FIELD OFFICIALS MOST FREQUENTLY CITED AVAILABILITY OF KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF AS A CHALLENGE TO CONDUCTING FLTFA SALES

MOST BLM STATES HAVE PLANNED FLTFA SALES THROUGH 2010, BUT BLM LACKS NATIONAL GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM

BLM Plans FLTFA Sales through 2010

BLM Has Not Established Goals or an Implementation Strategy for FLTFA Sales

FLTFA'S RESTRICTION ON LAND AVAILABLE FOR SALE REDUCES POTENTIAL REVENUE

Chapter 5 AGENCIES HAVE PURCHASED FEW PARCELS WITH FLTFA REVENUE

UNDER A SECRETARIAL INITIATIVE, BLM REPORTS AGENCIES SPENT 10.1 MILLION ON THE FIRST LAND ACQUISITIONS 7 YEARS AFTER FLTFA WAS ENACTED

AGENCIES HAVE SUBMITTED NOMINATIONS UNDER THE STATE-LEVEL PROCESS, BUT NONE HAVE RESULTED IN A LAND ACQUISITION

STATE-LEVEL PROCESS HAS NOT YET RESULTED IN ACQUISITIONS BECAUSE OF THE TIME TAKEN TO COMPLETE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS AND LIMITED FUNDS OUTSIDE OF NEVADA

BLM REPORTS SPENDING 3.2 MILLION ON FLTFA ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

Chapter 6 AGENCIES FACE CHALLENGES IN COMPLETING ADDITIONAL ACQUISITIONS.

BLM OFFICIALS MOST COMMONLY CITED THE TIME, COST, AND COMPLEXITY OF THE LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS AS A CHALLENGE, AMONG SEVERAL, TO COMPLETING ACQUISITIONS

COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN FLTFA CONTINUE TO POSE CHALLENGES TO FUTURE ACQUISITIONS

THE AGENCIES HAVE YET TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE PROCEDURES TO FULLY COMPLY WITH FLTFA AND MOU PROVISIONS

Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 8 MATTERS FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION

Appendix I OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY

Appendix II COMPLETED FLTFA LAND SALES, THROUGH MAY 2007

Appendix III DETAILED INFORMATION ON PLANNED FLTFA LAND SALES THROUGH 2010, AS REPORTED BY BLM STATE OFFICES

REFERENCES

INDEX

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

923664960