Facilities/Construction
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A former Public Buildings Service commissioner said aligning clean energy and other sustainability goals with agency missions is central to achieving low carbon benchmarks.
August 25, 2022 -
Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector
August 24, 2022 -
A reskilled workforce and a continuing move towards a digital future are among the strategic imperatives laid out by the Government Publishing Office. GPO Director Hugh Halpern spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 19, 2022 -
The Postal Service, as it prepares for the latest effort to consolidate its delivery network, is pulling the plug on pending work from its last attempt that began nearly a decade ago.
August 15, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Navy and the state of Hawaii join forces to clean-up the military's mess in Paradise.
August 12, 2022 -
One environmental group says two out of three Defense Department sites have excessive levels of hazardous PFAS in their groundwater.
August 10, 2022 -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks to strengthen enforcement against what it calls environmental bad actors and to foster a greener worldwide supply chain.
August 09, 2022 -
The Inflation Reduction Act would give the Postal Service $1.29 billion to purchase electric vehicles, and $975 million to GSA to support emerging sustainable technologies.
August 09, 2022 -
Tom Santucci, the director of IT modernization within GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy, and Steven Naumann, a senior advisor in Office of IT Modernization, said agencies must find the right balance of where their applications can be the most effective.
August 05, 2022 -
Are you a nervous introvert to who dreads going back to the office? Or are you a lonely extrovert who can’t wait for those sessions around the water cooler?
August 04, 2022 -
DeJoy, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute on Wednesday, said he plans to consolidate 500 facilities that USPS processes and moves mail through down to about 65 or 75 regional hubs.
July 28, 2022 -
A recent interview with the Project on Government Oversight said agency inspectors general are not prepared to oversee the hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure spending coming their way. Assistant Inspector General for Audits at the Environmental Protection Agency Katherine Trimble disagrees. She explains why on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 19, 2022 -
One of the initiatives from the Energy Department to try and make that happen is a $6 million award to certain national laboratories to expand the use of geothermal heating and cooling at federal sites.
July 11, 2022 -
Collin Walsh was fully abled until one day, he wasn't. After a difficult two-year process of reinvention, he's now on his way to becoming a commissioned Foreign Service officer at the State Department.
July 08, 2022 -
The Biden administration expects upcoming sustainability standards for federal buildings will put agencies on a realistic path to meeting some of President Joe Biden's green government goals.
July 04, 2022