federal office space

First Look

Senate bill aims to set more federal telework reporting requirements

A new bill from a pair of bipartisan Senators is calling on agencies to report more detailed, timely information on federal telework and office space.

Congress

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Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Budget

As you return to the office, the office space must evolve

Federal Report

A big uptick in federal agencies’ deferred facility maintenance backlogs

Management

GAO

A federal return-to-office won’t solve the government’s office space problems

Federal Report

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

GPO vacates regional offices, embraces 100% telework for all eligible employees

Workforce

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

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

Leasing/Property Management

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

Facilities/Construction

GSA chief architect Chuck Hardy (left) demonstrates the new smart board where users can to make reservations to use specific space or test out the other technologies that support the new Workplace Innovation Lab at the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C(Photo courtesy GSA)

Test out what your office space of the future could look like at GSA’s new innovation lab

Facilities/Construction

Want to see the office space of the future? GSA wants to show you the way

Leasing/Property Management

Exclusive

From IT to workforce to CX, agencies must justify their investments decisions in 2024

Budget

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Senate passes $1.5T omnibus spending deal seeking state of the federal workforce updates

The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2022 directs agencies to brief lawmakers on a variety of federal workforce issues in the coming months.

Budget

Robin Carnahan will be nominated to be the next GSA administrator. (Photo courtesy GSA)

Exclusive

Money, momentum give new GSA administrator a rare opportunity

Robin Carnahan, the administrator of the General Services Administration, said in her first interview since being confirmed by the Senate that she wants…

Management

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. The FBI has been shaken by a series of sexual misconduct cases involving senior leadership over the past few years, including two new claims brought in December 2020 by women who say they were sexually assaulted by supervisors. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Building Back Greener: Does federal government still need as much space post-COVID?

Green Buildings

In part 3 of Federal News Network’s special report, agencies face a tricky question with the widespread success of telework: Does the federal government still need this much real estate, or can it downsize?