Dan Mathews

Agencies’ headquarters in DC remained ‘nearly empty’ in 2023, real-estate board finds

The Public Buildings Reform Board finds agency headquarters buildings operated at 12% of their estimated capacity, on average, from January-September 2023.

Facilities/Construction

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Federal buildings disposal board, nearing its end, still sees plenty of work ahead

Facilities/Construction

Derace Lauderdale

Agencies face ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to sell real estate they don’t need. Will it happen?

Facilities/Construction

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. The FBI has been shaken by a series of sexual misconduct cases involving senior leadership over the past few years, including two new claims brought in December 2020 by women who say they were sexually assaulted by supervisors. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Building Back Greener: Does federal government still need as much space post-COVID?

Green Buildings

GSA

Wireless soil-moisture sensors were tested by GPG on 1.1 acres of landscape at the Young Federal Building in Orlando, FL.

Building back greener: New federal leases, new sustainability opportunities

Green Buildings

(Photo courtesy of the General Services Administration)

Building back greener: GSA has prime opportunity to lead federal climate change initiative

Green Buildings

COVID-19 strategies at GSA’s Public Building Services: A conversation with Dan Mathews

The Business of Government Hour

With the Capitol shut down to tourists, a workman performs a routine cleaning of surfaces in the Capitol Visitor Center, early Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GSA updates cleaning standards for federal offices as agencies reopen

Facilities/Construction

GSA’s federal buildings office, running virtually, sets stage for agencies reopening

Facilities/Construction

GSA property shop sees ‘tremendous opportunity’ for better utilized agency office space

Leasing/Property Management

BRAC for civilian agencies? Panel weighs options to trim federal real estate

Facilities/Construction

AFGE demands ‘immediate transfer’ of 2K employees at St. Louis facility amid contamination concerns

AFGE is calling for “immediate transfer” of more than 2,000 federal employees at a multiagency facility in St. Louis with a history of hazardous materials…

Facilities/Construction

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building, where the Washington presidential transition offices for US President-elect Donald Trump are located, are seen in Washington, DC, November 21, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

GSA sees ‘huge opportunity’ to drive down leased office space over next 5 years

Dan Mathews, the commissioner of GSA’s Public Building Service, said Tuesday that the agency will focus the bulk of its attention in the coming years on…

Agency Oversight

Government property database ‘a win for transparency,’ says GOP lawmaker

Leasing/Property Management

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.