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Facilities/Construction

DOGE amplifies federal buildings disposal board’s plan to save billons

Members of Public Buildings Reform Board, a small agency tasked with flagging underutilized government office space, say they're optimistic about DOGE.

Agency Oversight

GSA steps up plans to offload underutilized federal buildings

Facilities/Construction

GSA doubles down on shedding federal office space. The next administration may alter its plans

Facilities/Construction

Agencies can save billions shedding ‘vastly underutilized’ office space, board finds

Facilities/Construction

Top federal buildings leader says more funding needs to offload unneeded office space

Facilities/Construction

Better federal building upkeep, right-sizing office space key to governmentwide savings, GAO says

Workforce

OMB holding agencies ‘accountable’ for 50% in-office presence

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Workforce

Exclusive ‘It is cubicle city’: Office space suboptimal for collaboration, survey finds

GSA, federal buildings, real estate

Facilities/Construction

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

GSA, federal buildings, real estate

Facilities/Construction

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

Federal buildings and real estate

Facilities/Construction

A small agency faces major task — help sell federal properties agencies no longer need

GSA, federal buildings, real estate

Facilities/Construction

GSA accelerates plans to offload federal buildings it no longer needs

GSA, federal buildings, real estate

Leasing/Property Management

With most agency headquarters at 25% capacity, ‘hard decisions’ coming for federal office holdings

GSA, federal buildings, real estate

Facilities/Construction

Federal 'experiment' to sell underutilized property quickly falls billions of dollars short of goals

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Facilities/Construction

Agencies need ‘people into the office more,’ but federal hybrid workforce here to stay

Miguel Cardona

Federal Newscast

Biden admin. wants more federal employees to qualify for student loan forgiveness

The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to "do the right thing, then all you have to do is live with the consequences of it.’” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Leasing/Property Management

GSA begins selling 11 high-value federal properties board deems underutilized

National Archives at Seattle

Facilities/Construction

OMB blocks sale of National Archives facility listed as underutilized, citing tribal records

Richard Wilkie

Federal Newscast

Senators want know what VA has planned for COVID vaccine distribution

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

Facilities/Construction

Federal building projects move forward in FY 2021 spending bill draft

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2016 file photo shows dollar bills in New York. After you pay your bills in 2020, will there be any money left for relaxation and entertainment? Will you be able to take a vacation this year? How much can you afford to spend on clothes? These questions may come to mind as you think about your money plans for the new year, but there’s a way to budget for fun in 2020. Financial pros share tips for how to achieve balance in your budget using the 50/30/20 rule and other financial techniques. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal Newscast

Sequestration to have no effect on agency spending in 2020

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Facilities/Construction

Advisory panel recommends putting 12 high-value federal properties up for sale

BRAC

Facilities/Construction

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