Gao was asked to review u s.
Living roof gao report.
Though green roofs or living roofs have been found in europe for at least 40 years the trend to treat roofs as yet more substrate on which to grow plants has only sprouted up in north america over the last 10.
Founded in 2006 we are just as excited and committed as ever to growing landscapes in new and unexpected places.
Gao s reports and testimonies give congress federal agencies and the public timely fact based non partisan information that can improve government operations and save taxpayers billions of dollars.
In this report gao 1 describes utilization of and expenditures for va funded nursing home care 2 examines va s use of inspections to assess the quality of nursing home care and its oversight of the process and 3 examines the information va publicly provides through its website on the quality of nursing home care.
Department of the interior activities at national parks during the fiscal year 2019 lapse in appropriations this responds to your request for our legal opinion regarding whether the department of the interior interior complied with appropriations laws in its use of national park service nps appropriations both during and.
Contractors inspect and maintain these facilities but doe hasn t ensured that these activities fully meet requirements.
Nuclear facilities that are no longer used await cleanup at the department of energy s site in hanford wa.
The veterans health administration may spend more than 1 billion in fiscal 2018 for non recurring maintenance and minor construction projects among its 1 240 medical facilities.
This report examines 1 key issues that bls faces in measuring the cost of living for older americans.
Gao was asked to review the federal government s response and recovery efforts in the usvi.
Requests for gao reports and testimonies must come from congressional committees subcommittees or members of congress.
Here s an overview of our report process.
What is a living roof.
In conjunction with members of congress gao developed its congressional protocols which outline policies and procedures for accepting and completing work.
And 2 the experiences of other countries that developed alternate methods of adjusting retirement benefits.
And international efforts to measure the cost of living for older populations.
This work includes projects such as new parking garages or clinical buildings as well as roof and road maintenance.
Living roofs is a design build team reinvigorating public and residential structures with green roofs and living walls.