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Now It’s Inspecting Buildings Less Often.GAO, Inspector General, OIG, GAO High Risk List, government accountability, waste fraud and abuse, GSA, General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, federal real estate, internal controls, building inspection, deferred maintenance, High-Risk Listhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bureaucracy-times-6aa9cd648fbfd.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/09/21/gsa-building-inspections-same-employee-surveyor-approver/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-09-21T11:40:00+00:00GSA Required a Second Set of Eyes on Building Inspections. Sometimes They Belonged to the Same Person.Inspector General, OIG, government accountability, waste fraud and abuse, GSA, General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, federal real estate, internal controls, building inspectionhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bureaucracy-times-6aa9a92172451.png?w=150