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GSA has been planning to sell office space since last year: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-construction/2024/07/gsa-doubles-down-on-shedding-federal-
by rayiner 2y ago
GSA has been planning to sell office space since last year: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-construction/2024/07/gsa-doubles-down-on-shedding-federal-office-space-the-next-administration-may-alter-its-plans https://federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-construction/2024/.... It’s office space in DC is significantly underutilized.
- Aurornis 2y agoDifferent list. The current administration has added far more properties to the list, including major headquarters buildings. It doesn't make sense to sell the HQs and make everyone RTO at the same time.
- shawn_w 2y agoWhen you're also firing everyone who would have returned to those offices...
- throwaway5752 2y agoIt is a perfect plan when you are trying institutionally destroy oversight mechanisms. Fire the people and sell the buildings they worked in. Create maximal damage and work to restore oversight. It's actually quite brilliant, even though it is evil.
- throw0101a 2y agoFrom your link: > The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a policy blueprint crafted by former Trump administration officials, states that “COVID made telework ubiquitous, but the law and regulations are still stuck in an era when telework was unique.” And yet we have stories like "Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and lights": * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43253562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43253562 So at the same time we have the administration saying "RTO" and the admin's playbook people saying (in the past?) "we have RTO, why do we need space?".