“CEA” is the abbreviation for “Central Employment Area”. The term has significance in federal leasing dating back to August 16, 1978, when President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12072. The Executive Order included a key provision…
Author: Kurt Stout
GSA Continues Its Embrace of Telework
During the week of March 5–9, more than 6,400 GSA staffers—about half of the agency’s workforce—didn’t show up at their office. But those workers weren’t sick or slacking off—they were participating in National Telework Week by…
GSA Leads the Way in Shrinking Office Space
As we’ve already reported, GSA’s Public Building Service has a long-term goal of improving the way federal agencies use space and downsizing the federal office space footprint. GSA is leading the way in its own Washington,…
An Introduction to the Cotton Annex
Last week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing in the Cotton Annex, a vacant federal building just south of the National Mall. This hearing was the latest installment of the committee’s “Stop Sitting…
Federal Building Bracket Challenge 2012
In true March Madness style, the GSA is hosting its Federal Building Bracket Challenge 2012, a showdown among sixteen of the most distinctive federal buildings in the United States. The challenge competes the best of the…
GovSpeak: “Scoring”
One of the primary issues federal agencies must address when leasing space is budget scoring. “Scoring” (as the term is routinely used in federal leasing) is the process by which the government determines if it is…
Extreme Leasing: The Largest GSA Lease
“Extreme Leasing” is a periodic feature profiling the biggest, smallest, highest, oldest, newest and other extremes in the government lease inventory. The largest GSA lease in the United States can be found in Alexandria, VA. It…
Why DoD Must Modify Its Security Standards
The Department of Defense (DoD) published its “DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings” as part of its “Unified Facilities Criteria” in October 2003. Throughout the Defense community these are often referred to as the Anti-Terrorism /…
National Science Foundation Renewal Looks Even More Likely
Watching the National Science Foundation shuffle in the starting blocks, most of the Northern Virginia real estate community has expressed certainty that, especially in this budget environment, NSF is unlikely to be moving from its present…
“Business as Usual is Over”
The table above lists the long term savings submitted by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on 3/8/12. Savings are calculated as the difference between the maximum rent originally requested by GSA and the maximum rent…