Facilities/Construction
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Federal real estate is not immune from the White House's new comprehensive governmentwide reorganization plan. The proposals aim to speed up sales process for offloading surplus property and create a permanent building project fund.
June 21, 2018 -
The Air Force trying new tactics to recapitalize its facilities despite a huge backlog.
June 20, 2018 -
As the Senate has a few extra weeks to work, here are several bills worth keeping an eye on this summer.
June 11, 2018 -
Lawmakers sidelined facilities and questioned EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt about reports of unethical conduct. They also pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray about plans for a new headquarters.
May 17, 2018 -
A district court judge has ruled GSA wrongfully withheld documents for a Freedom of Information Act request looking for Trump transition team documents about the Trump Hotel.
May 08, 2018 -
The General Services Administration says it wants to move away from leases in favor of federally-owned property.
April 17, 2018 -
In the absence of congressional permission for base closures, the Defense Department has decided to invest heavily in demolishing structures on existing bases that are no longer worth saving.
April 17, 2018 -
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking comments on a draft policy that promotes shared services for identity credentialing and access management.
April 16, 2018 -
Lawmakers are questioning whether the Homeland Security Department should continue building its new consolidated headquarters using facilities that predate the Civil War.
April 12, 2018 -
Lawmakers are looking to get their arms around ways to sell or redevelop underused real estate owned by the federal government. But in order to do that, they'll need to drill down on the General Services Administration's ongoing catalog of more than 300,000 government-owned assets.
April 11, 2018 -
The Coast Guard finally gets some of the budget spotlight in 2018 and 2019.
April 11, 2018 -
The EPA is moving ahead with plans to close agency facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to the last written notice received by a few dozen employees affected by the decision.
April 05, 2018 -
The 2018 omnibus bill delivers 56 percent plus-up in DoD facility maintenance spending, but it's not nearly enough to reverse years of underfunding.
April 03, 2018 -
The commander of the Army's Installation Management Command says joint basing has eroded warfighting readiness, and failed to save any money.
March 26, 2018 -
The General Services Administration's inspector general will investigate the Trump administration's sudden reversal on plans for a new FBI headquarters building.
March 14, 2018