Norman Dong

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

In part 2 of the special report, the federal government’s efforts to be more environmentally sustainable over the past two decades are not without success….

Green Buildings

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

telework, work at home, office, federal employee

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

Facilities/Construction

GSA loaning out its Public Buildings Service chief to the private sector

Workforce

GSA

The U.S. Courthouse Annex in Salt Lake City, Utah, also won a GSA Design Award for architecture. (GSA)

Thinking outside the box: 17 federal buildings with award-winning design

Facilities/Construction

FBI headquarters project in danger of repeating past failures?

Facilities/Construction

Armed with more data, can agencies shed unwanted property?

Congress

From scandal’s aftermath to 18F, Tangherlini reflects on tenure at GSA

Public Buildings commissioner wants to help agencies consolidate, modernize workspace

Management

Feds to feel the squeeze as cubicles and offices shrink

Defense

GSA to be ‘more forceful’ in real-estate decisions

Congress

Financial management providers ill-equipped to take on large customers

Technology

Familiar questions, few answers so far for OMB’s latest financial systems effort

In part 1 of Federal News Radio’s special report, this second attempt by OMB to move agencies to financial management shared services is fraught with the…

Technology

Inside the Reporter’s Notebook: DoD taking own path with cloud security, Treasury’s Reger joins OMB

In this week’s Inside the Reporter’s Notebook, Executive Editor Jason Miller explores how DoD is developing its cloud security standards and Treasury is…

Defense

Feasibility of DATA Act questioned even as Senate committee OKs it

Congress

Some agency leaders who would be charged with implementing the bill are unsure the DATA Act can be brought to life successfully. Officials said the government can improve how it makes data accessible and publishes procurement and other spending information. But the DATA Act may be asking for things that aren’t pragmatically possible.