It has been almost two weeks since the Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convened its May 22nd hearing entitled “Saving Taxpayer Dollars: Freezing the Federal Real…
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FBI HQ Consolidation Hearing
Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) held his first hearing as chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management yesterday (Wednesday, March 13). The hearing examined the proposal to…
Mica Holds Another Field Hearing in Miami
Continuing his examination of underperforming and vacant federal real estate, last Friday (March 8) Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) held the first field hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Government Operations Subcommittee at Miami…
House Questions FBI HQ Consolidation Process
The FBI’s search for a new headquarters—as well as GSA’s proposal to swap the dated J. Edgar Hoover (JEH) Building for a new FBI campus outside of downtown Washington, D.C.—could be complicated by the House committee…
Insight Into the Next Two Years of Federal Leasing
This past week I was treated to two events that provided great insight into what can be expected from the 113th Congress. The first of these was a February 26th Capitol Hill reception hosted by the…
Mica Holds First Hearing of House Subcommittee on Government Operations
As we reported last month, although Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) had to resign as chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee because of term limits set by House Republican leaders, a reorganization of the House…
Boxer Introduces Bill to Improve Federal Building Energy Efficiency
Last week, (Monday, January 21) in his second inaugural address, President Obama highlighted the need to mitigate the growing impacts of climate change, saying “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing the failure…
Barletta to Replace Denham as Chair of House Subcommittee Overseeing GSA
Changes in the House Republican leadership overseeing GSA continue. Incoming House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman William “Bill” Shuster (R-Pa.) announced yesterday (January 16) that he is appointing fellow Pennsylvania Republican Lou Barletta to head the…
“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…
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…