The state is having trouble locating 18,000 buildings that it owns across Florida, according to South Florida's cbs4.com.

   When the Legislature told Management Services Secretary Linda South to locate surplus state-owned property that could be sold, nobody expected it to be a daunting task. But apparently there is no list of all state-owned property. (The Management Services Department is responsible for about 115 state buildings, and we take some comfort in that fact that it knows where they are.)

   South told a legislative committee that the department so far has gotten information on about 18,000 buildings but does not know where they all are, what they are used for, what they are worth, or even if they still exist.

   South said her agency will need help locating the buildings, then determining what they’re worth. She wants to outsource the job.