federal buildings

What exactly did the GAO say in that report on empty federal offices?

The most talked about Government Accountability Office report in months confirmed what a lot of people suspected. Federal offices are largely unoccupied.

Leasing/Property Management

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 28, 2012, a security cctv camera is seen by the Olympic Stadium at the Olympic Park in London. The South Wales police deployed facial recognition surveillance equipment on Sunday Jan. 12, 2020, in a test to monitor crowds arriving for a weekend soccer match in real-time, that is prompting public debate about possible aggressive uses of facial recognition in Western democracies, raising questions about human rights and how the technology may enter people's daily lives in the future. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, FILE)

Just how secure are federal buildings?

Federal Newscast

FILE - Transportation Security Administration officers process passengers at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash., on May 18, 2020. With a surge in guns being discovered at airport checkpoints, some security experts are suggesting higher fines and even putting violators on a no-fly list to prevent guns from getting on planes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Why federal building screening is getting more difficult and needs a tech refresh

Facilities/Construction

Two new agency HQs top list of projects for National Capital Planning Commission

Facilities/Construction

St. Elizabeths Center Building Rendering (Source: Goody Clancy)

FEMA officially ‘no longer part’ of move to DHS St. Elizabeths campus

Facilities/Construction

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

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

MAP: Where in the country are GSA’s greenest buildings?

Green Buildings

Chris Currie: Earthquake-proofing federal buildings

Federal Drive

21st century watchword: Keep out

Tom Temin Commentary

Memo to FBI: Build it right

Tom Temin Commentary

David Wise: Finding reliable data on federal real estate

Some federal employees might feel brutalized by the buildings they work in

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro joked that in trying to make HUD a better place to work, he could do little to change the appearance…

Tom Temin Commentary

Climate-smart buildings called out in federal budget playbook

The government’s latest budget playbook, the Circular A-11, for the first time includes a specific mention of climate-smart buildings.

Facilities/Construction

IRS, GSA bear brunt of spending cuts in House bill

Budget

The IRS would face even greater financial constraints and federal building construction would grind nearly to a halt under a $20.2 billion FY 2016 spending bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee.