Management

DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies

The Interior Department and General Services Administration are seeing significant turnover in the leadership ranks.

Tech

GSA announces centralized travel service ‘GO.Gov’

Go.Gov will replace individual agency travel management systems and act as a shared service across the government.

Management

OMB memo lays out GSA's plan to consolidate contracts

New rules that are coming will require agencies to use existing government-wide vehicles and best-in-class contracts before creating new ones.

Updated Management

State Department deputy Michael Rigas tapped as acting GSA head

Stephen Ehikian, who has served as the acting GSA administrator since Trump took office, will be staying on as deputy. Some in the agency speculate the change is due to DOGE fallout.

Management

Senate spending panel axes provision moving FBI headquarters to Maryland

The federal government has been debating the best location for a new FBI headquarters for well over a decade while its current office space in the J. Edgar Hoover Building continues to deteriorate.

Management

GSA plans to optimize operations following cost-cutting, agency head says

GSA’s acting head Stephen Ehikian said “phase two” of the agency’s approach will prioritize becoming “much more efficient, much more effective and [with] much more of an eye towards our stakeholders, which is the American taxpayer.”

Tech

OPM to host an industry event on modernizing federal HR systems

The Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, and General Services Administration are all involved in this discussion on how to get a new human resources system in place by the end of 2028.

Management

FBI to move headquarters into Reagan Building, seemingly resolving decades-long fight

Officials did not immediately respond to questions about the timeline for the move or if it would displace the Reagan Building’s current tenants.

Management

Virginia lawmakers demand answers on Trump’s planned ‘displacement’ of NSF

The lack of an announced successor space for the National Science Foundation and accusations of largesse to the Housing and Urban Development secretary have swirled since the proposal was unveiled last week.

Management

HUD to move into the National Science Foundation headquarters, no current plan on where to relocate NSF employees

The Department of Housing and Urban Development had previously announced its intention to sell its current headquarters, which requires more than $500 million in maintenance repairs.

Workforce

Policy that let federal employees use preferred bathroom formally overturned by Trump administration

A trans federal employee, backed by legal groups, this week sued over Trump’s order that limits which bathroom individuals can use in government buildings.

Management

Trump administration wants new headquarters for the Housing and Urban Development Department

The headquarters announcement comes days after the president repealed decades-old executive orders in an effort to reshape where agencies decide to establish their office locations.

Management

GSA preps for layoffs at TTS

The coming reductions in force are the latest in a series of workforce cuts within the Technology Transformation Services.

Management

Critics worry DOGE’s rush to sell excess federal buildings could hurt agency missions, squander revenue opportunities

While shrinking the federal portfolio has been a bipartisan focus, Democrats at the hearing argued the Department of Government Efficiency’s strategy has been careless.

Management

GSA to ‘quadruple' in size to centralize procurement across the government

The head of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service told employees at a Thursday meeting that the agency will “do about $400 billion” in procurement management under this effort.

Management

DOGE to work with USPS to find efficiencies, DeJoy says

The mailing agency will work with GSA and the group led by Elon Musk, who has called for Postal Service privatization.

Workforce

GSA continues slow drip of RIFs, nearly wiping out entire offices

More cuts are coming. Staff in the Technology Transformation Services were told Thursday that their team will be halved.