Facilities/Construction
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In today's Federal Newscast, the federal employee vaccination mandate expected from the White House may not go down easy.
July 28, 2021 -
GSA, through its Public Buildings Services, manages about 371 million square feet of real estate across almost 9,000 workspaces, owns about 1,700 of those properties and leases the rest on behalf of tenant agencies.
July 28, 2021 -
The agency said employees who are not fully vaccinated must still wear a mask in situations where they can’t maintain a six-foot distance. However, the agency said it will not require any employee to provide proof of vaccination.
July 26, 2021 -
The Navy and Air Force want to shed existing weapons systems to free up funds for great power competition. Many of those systems really are old, but not all.
July 23, 2021 -
Lawmakers want leadership to address problems at the VA's law enforcement arm, including high officer turnover and gaps in tracking use-of-force incidents
July 20, 2021 -
A Senate measure would bolster safety for when feds returned to the office. This and more updates from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.
July 19, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast: This summer's Post Office rate increases are expected to decrease business and make more money, and the U.S. Fleet Forces Command has a new leader.
July 16, 2021 -
It's one thing to work on your own as an engineer, but leading a team of engineers is something else entirely.
July 14, 2021 -
John Eisemann, the new vice chair of the Federal Laboratory Consortium and a technology transfer program manager at the USDA National Wildlife Research Center, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the second in a four-part series.
July 13, 2021 -
A Government Accountability Office review found the legal training commanders rely on is delivered inconsistently, and poorly tracked by military departments.
July 12, 2021 -
The pandemic provided lessons for federal agencies to use when planning the future of federal workspaces, or lack thereof.
July 02, 2021 -
Facilities management contracts sound like mundane things. But they're expensive, and they require no less oversight than any other type of contract.
June 25, 2021 -
House members are silent on federal pay in their 2022 draft appropriations bill, meaning they'll defer to the president's recommendation for a 2.7% raise for employees next year.
June 23, 2021 -
A new study finds that female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts, accounting for more than a third of all active duty Army women sexually assaulted in 2018
June 18, 2021 -
In the Grand Canyon National Park, the growing bison herd has to be controlled and park staff have several ways to do that, with help from sharp-shooting volunteers.
June 17, 2021