Reps. David McKinley (R-WV) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced bipartisan legislation on May 23 that would facilitate landlord and tenant cooperation toward improved energy efficiency in commercial buildings. H.R. 2126, known as the Better Buildings Act…
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2013 Federal Property Summit
This morning, Bisnow, hosted its 2013 Federal Property Summit featuring a great cast of speakers including: Dan Tangherlini, the acting (and soon to be permanent) head of the GSA; Dorothy Robyn, GSA’s Public Buildings Service Commissioner; Norman…
Downsizing the Federal Real Estate Footprint
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…
Sales Market Insights
Our GSAXCHANGE team, the investment sales and finance arm of Colliers Government Solutions, just published their inaugural “Government Market Insight” report, which includes an overview of sales activity and trends in the federal sector. Among their…
Are Federal Agencies “Hiding” Surplus Buildings?
A recent (March 21) decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a 25-year-old lawsuit against the government found that many federal agencies have been inaccurately reporting the number of unused properties…
GovSpeak: Chained CPI
Chained CPI is one element of the budget blueprint President Obama released last Wednesday (April 10) that is getting a lot of attention. So what, exactly, is chained CPI? It’s short for “Chained Consumer Price Index…
President Proposes New BRAC Rounds
President Obama has proposed a new round of military base closures and realignments in his FY 2014 budget. That budget contains a $2.4 billion line item calling for two new rounds of the Base Realignment and…
Spotlight: IRS
As procrastinating Americans prepare to file their 2012 federal tax returns by midnight tonight (April 15), we thought this would be a good time to take a look at the agency to which they’ll be sent:…
Award-Winning Census Bureau HQ
As we noted in a recent post, AIA DC (the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects) gave the U.S. Bureau of the Census headquarters a 2012 Award of Excellence in Architecture. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill…
Spotlight: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Which federal agency’s headquarters received a 2012 Award of Excellence in Architecture from AIA DC (the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects)? Skidmore, Owings & Merrill won the award for its design of the…