Freeze the Footprint

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

In this Jan. 19, 2017, photo, police stand guard outside the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. While President Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington did serve as a hub of inaugural activities it also stands as ground zero for what top Democrats and some ethics advisers see as his unique web of conflicts of interest. Trump’s lease with the federal government to develop and operate a hotel inside the historic Old Post Office building expressly prohibits any elected official from benefiting from the property, yet Trump has not divested from his company or this particular project. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

GSA releases expansive federal real property inventory

Management

VA ramping up ‘freeze the footprint’ effort in next 6 months

Facilities/Construction

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump/AP

President Donald Trump waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump during the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Federal real property portfolio could be ripe for picking under Trump administration

Management

GAO offers advice for growing pains at FDA headquarters

Management

Federal real estate portfolio needs better organization, less red tape

Management

Senators crack down on agencies’ real property consolidation

Facilities/Construction

Federal property managers plagued by new type of data woes

Facilities/Construction

Armed with more data, can agencies shed unwanted property?

Congress

Data at the heart of OMB’s latest office space reduction goals

Congress

Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

The Office of Management and Budget is putting federal office space and excess property in to a deeper freeze. And maybe trimming it a little bit. Two…

Federal Drive

OMB targets further federal office space reductions

David Mader, the controller of the Office of Management and Budget, will issue a memo today requiring agencies to set an annual square foot reduction target…

Management

Feds to feel the squeeze as cubicles and offices shrink

Defense

Federal workers to see as much as 50 percent less cubicle or office space as part of how agencies are reducing office space costs. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) pressed GSA and others on their preparation to more efficiently deal with 100 million square feet of leased space that is scheduled to expire in the next five years.