Facilities/Construction

The Agriculture Department promotes new ways to manage and use a very old resource

You would think everything wood can be used for has been thought of. But wood, considered a renewable resource, has a lot of life. The Agriculture Department…

Workforce

Social Security establishes a new office just for native Americans

Workforce

Why the District of Columbia wants the federal government to fish or cut bait

Workforce

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Washington D.C.’s commercial real estate industry is also wondering whether feds will return to work

Workforce

Maryland lawmakers make one final pitch to build new FBI headquarters in their state

Facilities/Construction

Virginia lawmakers make final, non-partisan pitch for new FBI HQ in their state

Federal Newscast

President Joe Biden signs the cybersecurity executive order on May 12.

What’s next for agency sustainability plans, climate adaptation and resilience plans?

Commentary

Biden fires Architect of the Capitol over alleged abuses

Management

NIST, building, campus, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Leaky roofs, power outages are symptoms of deferred maintenance at NIST

Facilities/Construction

Contractors possess a lot of Defense Department property, but no one knows how much

Defense

GSA chief architect Chuck Hardy (left) demonstrates the new smart board where users can to make reservations to use specific space or test out the other technologies that support the new Workplace Innovation Lab at the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C(Photo courtesy GSA)

Test out what your office space of the future could look like at GSA’s new innovation lab

Facilities/Construction

USDA has recovered from attrition, but new research staff is less diverse, less experienced

The Agriculture Department has restored staffing levels after attrition following 2019 research facility relocations, but the new workforce has overall…

Hiring/Retention

The GSA administrator on the agency’s plans for the President’s management agenda in 2023

The General Services Administration has been busy since passage of the American Rescue Plan two years ago and, most recently, the Inflation Reduction Act….

Management

Uh oh! The mayor of DC wants your cubicle!

Tom Temin Commentary

D.C. would like all that excess federal office space given up.