Freeze the Footprint

Derace LauderdaleFederal buildings and real estate

Agencies face ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to sell real estate they don’t need. Will it happen?

A six-year experiment meant to help the federal government quickly sell or dispose of its underutilized real estate is running out of time.

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

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Armed with more data, can agencies shed unwanted property?

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

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Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

A five-year plan with specific targets for more cuts to your agency’s office space is at the center of a new memo from the Office of Management and Budget….

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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…

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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 and to adopt space design standards for future office space. The Reduce the Footprint memo builds on the 2013 Freeze the Footprint policy that saw a reduction of more than 20 million square feet of office space.

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