(a) The Department of General Services is responsible for:

1. (1) The central management of the allocation of Commonwealth-owned and leased space and shall have all necessary authority to do so properly.
2. (2) Maintaining an inventory of all Commonwealth-owned and leased space and shall regularly inspect these facilities to ensure that they are being fully and economically used by the tenant agencies.

3. (3) Upon receipt of a request from an agency for additional space or for the renewal of a lease for existing space, determining the following:

   1. (i) Whether there exists proper justification for the request.
   2. (ii) Whether the type of facility, its size and location are justified on the basis of its intended use and the actual complement of personnel using the space.
   3. (iii) Whether the request can be accommodated by the use of already existing Commonwealth-owned or leased space, or by consolidation with existing owned or leased space.
   4. (iv) Whether, in the case of a request for a renewal, the lease should be renewed and the terms of the renewal outlined in writing.
4. (4) Terminating or amending leases.
5. (5) Decreasing the amount of space leased.
6. (6) Ordering the consolidation of space within or among facilities and agencies.
7. (7) Moving agencies from leased space to owned space.
8. (8) Declaring property surplus to the needs of an agency.
9. (9) Taking any other action that will result in the elimination of unnecessary or inefficiently used space and the comprehensive and economic use of all existing facilities and land.