Facilities/Construction
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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%.
March 24, 2022 -
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.
March 23, 2022 -
Despite the scattered arrangement of State Department employees around the world, going to a remote and hybrid work environment during the pandemic was less challenging than IT officials expected.
March 22, 2022 -
Omnibus bill adds more than $1 billion in facility upkeep funding, an area DoD has knowingly neglected in its budgets for at least a decade.
March 21, 2022 -
VA Secretary Denis McDonough announced a plan to revamp VA health care facilities by closing and tearing down some, building new ones, establishing outpatient centers and moving more care to the private sector.
March 18, 2022 -
EPA Chief Information Officer Vaughn Noga expects the agency to move toward a hybrid model, and how well his office can serve both office workers and remote workers will be the measure for success.
March 15, 2022 -
Imagine a federal office with holes in the roof, birds flying in, mold everywhere and a staff untrained for its crucial public safety mission. Hard to believe?
March 14, 2022 -
Congress, as it does every year, crammed a lot of spending when it whipped up that so called omnibus appropriations bill.
March 14, 2022 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is looking to right-size its sprawling network of medical facilities across the country, and is planning to close or overhaul facilities that no longer meet the health care needs of veterans.
March 14, 2022 -
The House-Senate appropriations agreement leaves out a DoD request to significantly expand a pilot program to test "colorless" appropriations for software and technology development.
March 14, 2022 -
Federal employees and contractors will soon be able to obtain or update their Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards at post offices outside the D.C. metro area.
March 11, 2022 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is looking to close three hospitals and reshape its real-estate footprint across the country.
March 10, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's largest employees union is raising hackles over a plan to trim back VA facilities.
March 09, 2022 -
Wildfires and forest fires have become almost a year round phenomenon. It can't continue, so the U.S. Forest Service has a new strategy.
March 08, 2022 -
Love it or hate it, but more federal employees are coming back into the office next month.
March 07, 2022