Public Buildings Service

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

Experts say GSA will keep shrinking the federal real estate portfolio, regardless of the next administration. But the methods will vary, depending on who wins.

Facilities/Construction

Derace Lauderdale

Federal buildings board: Agencies can save billions by shedding ‘vastly underutilized’ office space

Facilities/Construction

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

GSA says more funds needed to offload unneeded federal office space

Facilities/Construction

Nina Albert, the commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at GSA, speaks during the launch of the Workplace Innovation Lab.
(Photo courtesy of GSA).

GSA official who reshaped federal office space in pandemic era leaving government

People

Library of Congress

GSA: ‘Right-sizing’ federal office space requires more funding on deferred upgrades

Facilities/Construction

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

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

Leasing/Property Management

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Federal ‘experiment’ to fast-track sale of underutilized property falling behind on goals

Facilities/Construction

Agencies coming around to sharing office space as future plans come into focus

Facilities/Construction

Can government go green without overhauling procurement rules?

Green Buildings

GSA considers how to interconnect systems for new buildings

Technology

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GSA wants to cast wider net for federal building architects

Facilities/Construction

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

GSA sets goals to shrink federal office space post-COVID, but needs to address maintenance backlog

The General Services Administration sees a unique opportunity to reduce the federal government’s office footprint over the coming years, as agencies…

Facilities/Construction

This OES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Henri in the Atlantic Ocean. Henri was expected to intensify into a hurricane by Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Impacts could be felt in New England states by Sunday, including on Cape Cod, which is teeming with tens of thousands of summer tourists. (NOAA via AP)

Agencies draw up new plans for preparing employees, federal facilities for climate change

A total of 23 agencies have detailed new climate change strategies, part of their response to a January executive order from President Joe Biden.

Management

GSA awards coworking space contract in bid to rethink federal office space

Facilities/Construction

The contract for coworking space builds on what GSA and Public Buildings Service officials have already described as a long-term rethinking of federal office space.