Leasing/Property Management

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

Robin Carnahan, the administrator of GSA, said federal employees in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Denver during the week of Nov. 14 will be able…

GSA

Can government go green without overhauling procurement rules?

Green Buildings

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GSA considers how to interconnect systems for new buildings

Technology

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FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The U.S. government on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, said a devastating hack of federal agencies is “likely Russian in origin” and said the operation appeared to be an “intelligence gathering” effort. The assessment was disclosed in a rare public statement from the FBI and other investigative agencies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Three FBI headquarters sites in suburbs still viable for agency’s move, GSA tells lawmakers

Facilities/Construction

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

USPS sees potential to buy more electric vehicles under facility consolidation plan

Facilities/Construction

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VA will ‘continue to work’ plan to rethink real-estate needs if AIR commission fails to launch

Veterans Affairs

The Old Post Office Pavilion Clock Tower, which remains open during the partial government shutdown, is seen above the Trump International Hotel, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

One proposal to keep electoral politics separate from federal real estate

Leasing/Property Management

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, a sign on a door of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers say. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

EPA delays plans to close Houston lab, relocate employees amid nationwide consolidation

Workforce

FILE - The Trump International Hotel at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, is seen in Washington. The Trump Organization said ,Wednesday, May, 11, 2022, that it has completed the sale of rights to run the hotel to CGI Merchant Group of Miami for what it described as a record price per room for the city. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump sells Washington hotel to Miami-based investor group

Facilities/Construction

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2020, file photo with the Capitol in the background, two women toast in the air from afar while enjoying a warm fall afternoon as the sun begins to set on the National Mall in Washington. Officials in the nation's capital are questioning the results of the 2020 census, which show a large boost in population but not as high as they had expected. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Capital Planning Commission’s equity plan calls for stronger project site considerations

Facilities/Construction

Data centers pose prime opportunity to cut federal electricity consumption

Big Data

GSA approves sale of Trump Hotel lease, after years of scrutiny from watchdogs

The Trump Hotel is one major step closer to changing hands, now that the General Services Administration has cleared a buyer for the lease to the historic…

Leasing/Property Management

Ray Rubilotta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

An old and large NASA center is about to get an update

NASA’s Office of Strategic Infrastructure said yes to a new master plan for Goddard Space Flight Center that cuts building square footage by 25%.

Facilities/Construction

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GSA wants to cast wider net for federal building architects

Facilities/Construction

Some of the world’s top architects have designed federal buildings and now, GSA has inked a memorandum of understanding with the National Organization of Minority Architects.