Facilities/Construction

Electric vehicle chargers are seen in the parking lot of South El Monte High School in South El Monte, Calif., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Discounted prices, car-share programs, and a robust network of public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric vehicles affordable and convenient for people of all income levels as it phases out the sale of new gas cars by 2035. Advocates for the policy say the switch from gas- to battery-powered cars is a necessary step to reducing pollution in disadvantaged neighborhoods, but that the state make sure those residents can access the cars, too.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A big-city official comes to DC to deal with infrastructure

The infrastructure spending bill enacted earlier this year includes $7.5 billion to install chargers for electric cars. In response, the energy and transportation…

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Want to see the office space of the future? GSA wants to show you the way

Leasing/Property Management

Agencies may need to buy up to 30K electric vehicles annually to meet green government goals

Facilities/Construction

The GSA struggles to keep a real estate sale program on track

Facilities/Construction

FILE - General Electric light bulbs are displayed in a supermarket April 5, 2021 in New York. The Biden administration is scrapping old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs. Rules finalized by the Energy Department will require manufacturers to sell energy-efficient lightbulbs, accelerating a longtime industry practice to use compact fluorescent and LED bulbs that last 25 to 50 times longer than incandescent bulbs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

A BRIGHT idea would save government millions of dollars on lightbulbs, electricity

Federal Newscast

(Photo courtesy of the General Services Administration)

The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
green roofs, green buildings, St Elizabeths, GSA

This federal construction project has dragged on through four administrations

Facilities/Construction

Mail handler Rolanda Ramos sorts through mail at the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. Today is the busiest delivery day of the year for the postal service, according to Jim Larkin of the USPS, who estimates approximately 15 million pieces of mail being shipped. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

USPS flags more than 200 sites where it plans to consolidate delivery functions

Agency Oversight

White House issues federal workforce to-do list to meet green-government goals

Workforce

Can government go green without overhauling procurement rules?

Green Buildings

In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, housing for service members is shown at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances, thereby neglecting its commitment to military families. (1st Lt. Daniel Barnhorst/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Military families’ housing benefits lag as rents explode

Defense

Government Publishing Office resets with a new five-year strategy

Technology

USPS pulls plug on prior impact studies as latest consolidation plan comes into focus

The Postal Service, as it prepares for the latest effort to consolidate its delivery network, is pulling the plug on pending work from its last attempt…

Workforce

IG says ‘inconsistent’ Pentagon policy on active shooters could make things worse

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, the Navy and the state of Hawaii join forces to clean-up the military’s mess in Paradise.

Federal Newscast

Defense Department sites are rife with poisons in nearby groundwater

Defense

One environmental group says two out of three Defense Department sites have excessive levels of hazardous PFAS in their groundwater.