Every once in a while a topic comes along that I really want to write about but can’t seem to get to it. This time that topic is the Department of Defense (DoD) security standards. A…
Category: Agencies
GAO Report Lists Federal Real Property Management as One of 30 “High-Risk” Areas
Since 1990, the Government Accountability Office has been reporting on federal government operations that it identifies as “high risk” because of their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste and mismanagement; its biennial reports aim to help the…
Spotlight: U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command
Which federal agency’s motto is “Freedom’s Front Door”? The U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM)—a Department of Defense (DoD) joint civilian and military organization—is charged with the unique and challenging task of determining the physical, mental…
FBI Industry Day Conference
Yesterday (January 17) GSA hosted an “industry day” conference to provide additional background relating to their Request For Information soliciting developer input on ideas to replace the existing J. Edgar Hoover (JEH) Building, FBI’s headquarters since…
“It’s Really Expensive To Be Poor”
“It’s really expensive to be poor.” This was the comment from Dr. Dorothy Robyn, the GSA’s Public Buildings Commissioner, at yesterday’s Federal Real Property Association conference in Washington, DC. How true! GSA’s inability to adequately fund…
GSA Canceled State Department’s Lease Procurement. Now what?
As the Washington Business Journal reported earlier this month, GSA has canceled its efforts to replace the 343,000 RSF State Department lease at 1801 N. Lynn Street in the Rosslyn submarket of Northern Virginia. In its posting on…
Spotlight: U.S. Marshals Service
In keeping with our recent focus on investigative and law enforcement agencies, today we’re profiling the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), the nation’s oldest and most versatile federal law enforcement agency. Now a division of the U.S. Department…
Treasury Department Move Delayed
Leadership changes in the 113th Congress already are having an impact on federal real estate decisions. Maryland lawmakers—led by Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who recently took over as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee—announced last week…
2012: Government Real Estate Year In Review
If you think the world of government real estate is a staid and boring place, think again. There is a lot going on: big transactions, important policy and outright scandal. 2012 was no exception. We published…
Spotlight: ICE
Which agency is the second-largest investigative agency in the federal government? Created on March 1, 2003, through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization…