Learn About Tableau It’s Memorial Day weekend and it happens to also be the first weekend of a new endeavor by our team to post a new article every single calendar day. So, while others frolic…
Category: Agencies
Extreme Leasing: The Northernmost GSA Lease
View Larger Map Barrow, Alaska proudly names itself “The Farthest North American City” so it’s no surprise that it would also be home to the northernmost federal lease. If you’ve ever visited Alaska you know that…
How Prospectus Governs Build-to-Suit Rents
Over the years, we’ve observed that government-leased build-to-suit (or, in GSA parlance, “lease-construct”) projects often seem to price at or near the prospectus-approved rent cap. We decided to take a look at the trend using the FBI’s field…
House-Approved Defense Bill Prohibits BRAC
Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 299-120 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310). The Act defies the President by adding $4 billion to the Administration’s requested budget and reversing…
Archiving the Federal Government
How and where do federal agencies keep their vast amounts of records? The Code of Federal Regulations authorizes the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish, maintain and operate records centers for federal agencies; it…
Spotlight: U.S. Coast Guard
Which federal agency is both a military force and a law enforcement agency? The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), one of the nation’s five armed forces and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security…
Attack on BRAC
Have we seen the last of BRAC? Although the Defense Department has used the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process five times within the past 15 years, and although President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta have…
Reforming the USPS
In a 62–37 vote late last month (April 25), the Senate approved the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789), a bipartisan bill that promises financial relief for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) but would bar it…
Spotlight: U.S. Postal Service
Which independent federal agency’s predecessor was created on July 26, 1775, by a decree of the Second Continental Congress? Here’s a hint: it’s also the third-largest civilian employer in the nation (behind only the federal government…
Spotlight: National Science Foundation
Which federal agency can claim (at least some) credit for more than 190 Nobel Prizes? The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science;…