This is not a good time to consider embarking on a career as a letter carrier‚ especially not for someone living in a small town where not much mail comes down the chute. Neither is it…
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Another Big Reason for the Pile-Up
https://public.tableau.com/views/LeaseExpirationsTrend2000-2014/Dashboard3?:embed=y&:display_count=yes (The graph above is interactive, pull the slider located above the column chart) We have published a few articles on this blog about the stunning pile-up of lease expirations in GSA’s national lease inventory and the…
Colliers Releases Its Q3 2014 North American Office Report
Colliers International has just released its 3Q 2014 North America Office report. It notes that office demand is improving and the United States is on pace this year to create the most jobs since 1999. Further, office-using employment growth, at…
Federal Warehouses: Assets in Need of Better Management
Ninety million square feet. That’s about three times the size of Manhattan’s Central Park. According to a new report to Congress from the US Government Accountability Office, that’s also the amount of warehouse space the federal…
The Positive Result of the Mid-Term Election
In last week’s election, the Republicans won majority control of the Senate and further solidified their control of the House of Representatives. This means that the Republicans will lead the 114th Congress when it convenes next year. Is this event…
Continuing Resolutions, Continuing Crisis
If you think getting an immigration bill, say, or healthcare reform through a bitterly divided Congress is hard, try an annual budget. In mid-September, Congress, having been unable to agree on that budget, passed what is…
Rolling Termination Rights Now Extend to AAAP Program
As of last month, the Automated Advanced Acquisition Program (AAAP) still allowed GSA and interested landlords to enter into leases of 5 years, 10 years or 5 years with a fixed-price five-year renewal option. However, this…
District of Columbia: LEEDing by Example
Recently adopted standards in the District of Columbia now require new buildings to meet LEED standards. That is, they must meet the Green Building Council’s energy-efficient, environmentally friendly requirements of building design and construction, operation and…
The Trouble with Rising U.S. Debt
The federal debt held by the public in the second quarter of 2014 was $12.57 trillion. That equates to 72.6% of GDP, down slightly from the post-WWII peak of 74.0% that was recorded in the first quarter of this…
Funding Controversy Leaves DHS’s Consolidation Plan in Doubt
St. Elizabeths Hospital, perhaps best known as the psychiatric facility in which the poet Ezra Pound was held for thirteen years after having been convicted of treason, and where would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley has been…