Facilities/Construction

How the Army plans to deal with ‘tons’ of stuff brought back from Afghanistan

The Army also has completed the establishment of a national chain of what it calls MDRS’s – Modernization, displacement and repair sites.

Defense

Peter Musurlian

An update on the Army’s push to better support service member families

Defense

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For federal accessibility managers, adding ‘A’ to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

Management

This OES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Henri in the Atlantic Ocean. Henri was expected to intensify into a hurricane by Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Impacts could be felt in New England states by Sunday, including on Cape Cod, which is teeming with tens of thousands of summer tourists. (NOAA via AP)

Agencies draw up new plans for preparing employees, federal facilities for climate change

Management

GAO

A quarter of State Dept. facilities need serious maintenance, backlog growing

Leasing/Property Management

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Chairman Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

First Look

Senators introduce bill to incentivize agencies to lease space they don’t need

Facilities/Construction

GAO

Virtual immigration hearings during COVID could have gone better, GAO says

Agency Oversight

Interior will move BLM headquarters, senior officials back to DC

Workforce

A postal worker loads a delivery vehicle at the United States Post Office in Cranberry Township, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Vendor on USPS vehicle contract shortlist ends bid protest over award

Contracting

Committee approves $12B for USPS, GSA to adopt electric vehicles

Facilities/Construction

How the bean-counters helped the government through the pandemic

Workforce

Teleworking here to stay: What’s in it for you?

Mike Causey asked a couple of dozen faithful readers the same question: What about the office of the future from your standpoint?

Federal Report

telework, work at home, office, federal employee

GSA awards coworking space contract in bid to rethink federal office space

The contract for coworking space builds on what GSA and Public Buildings Service officials have already described as a long-term rethinking of federal…

Facilities/Construction

The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

New Public Buildings Service commissioner says federal employees can expect a lot of changes in the places they work

Facilities/Construction

For a look at GSA’s real estate priorities, and the space you’ll work in, for the next few years, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the new commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Nina Albert.

Facilities/Construction

How the Army plans to deal with ‘tons’ of stuff brought back from Afghanistan

An update on the Army’s push to better support service member families

For federal accessibility managers, adding ‘A’ to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

Agencies draw up new plans for preparing employees, federal facilities for climate change

A quarter of State Dept. facilities need serious maintenance, backlog growing

Senators introduce bill to incentivize agencies to lease space they don’t need

Virtual immigration hearings during COVID could have gone better, GAO says

Interior will move BLM headquarters, senior officials back to DC

Vendor on USPS vehicle contract shortlist ends bid protest over award

Committee approves $12B for USPS, GSA to adopt electric vehicles

How the bean-counters helped the government through the pandemic

Teleworking here to stay: What’s in it for you?

GSA awards coworking space contract in bid to rethink federal office space

New Public Buildings Service commissioner says federal employees can expect a lot of changes in the places they work

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