Switch the White House newsletter on free of charge
Your guide to what the US election 2024 means for Washington and the world
The Trump government is considering selling the Washington headquarters of the FBI and the Ministry of Justice, while it progresses with its aggressive government costs.
The General Services Administration, the US federal building, published A on Tuesday A list Of more than 440 properties, it is considered “not core for government operations”.
In addition to the buildings of the FBI and the Doj, those of the departments for health and human services, agriculture, energy, work, housing and urban development were also on the list.
“In an orderly manner, the GSA will consider non-core assets for the sale by the government’s ownership to ensure that taxpayers no longer pay for emptiness and unused German office areas.” The agency said.
The operation of “non-core assets” cost more than $ 430 million a year and added that the disposal of more than $ 8 billion could contribute.
“GSA endeavors to be an intelligent steward of taxpayers dollars by reducing and reducing the costs that are not required,” said GSA, adding that the list was “to change”.
The GSA oversees almost 370 million square meters of real estate after selling more than 12 million meters in the past ten years. The bidges management announced In the last few days, in which it was aimed at reducing an additional 3.5 million square meters and saving the taxpayer more than 1 billion USD.
The announcement of the GSA on Tuesday to shorten more than 80 million square meters is aimed at Elon Musk’s much more aggressive cost reduction efforts.
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, whose billionaire is the DE-FACTO leader, claims that he has terminated hundreds of rental contracts in the United States and saves taxpayers up to USD 660 million per year.
The legality of some terminations was questioned.
Musk has long been suitable against the lack of office visits by federal workers and claims that many buildings are largely empty due to the long -distance work. Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump granted an executive regulation in which he commissioned the government to return to the office full -time.
Despite the latest cancellations by DGEs, Musk published last week that “still * gone * there were too many rental contracts on unused buildings”.
On Monday, the GSA organized a program that corresponds to the federal assistant with unused office space in government buildings in order to sometimes better use free properties.
The FBI and the Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to inquiries about comments.
Additional reporting from Stefania Palma
Stay Ahead of the Curve!