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Dorothy Robyn, Former Commissioner, General Services Administration

Shrinking the federal government's real estate holdings is the goal of seemingly every administration. But "the budgetary rules that govern investment in these ...

Federal News Network Staff

May 2, 2014 9:40 am

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Shrinking the federal government’s real estate holdings is the goal of seemingly every administration. But “the budgetary rules that govern investment in these assets are a blunt instrument that does serious collateral damage,” Dorothy Robyn, former commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at the General Services Administration, wrote in an article for the Brookings Institution. Robyn gave her insight to Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on what she sees as the biggest problems in federal property management.