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  • Improved long term leases provide value for customers and taxpayers

    | Chris Wisner, Assistant Commissioner for Leasing at the U.S. General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service
    GSA’s mission is to provide the best value in real estate to government and to the American people. We currently manage an inventory of more than 374 million square feet of space. Approximately half of this is leased space, comprising more than 8,302…
  • Iterative workplace design at the Denver Federal Center

    | Greg Boone
    Editor’s Note: This blog originally appeared on 18F Blog….
  • GSA Iowa Field Office comes together in midst of potential disaster

    | Tanya Roman, public affairs officer, Heartland Region
    The community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and GSA came together to successfully implement an emergency action plan during a recent flood. After receiving the warning for this year’s flood, the GSA Iowa Field Office ensured employees working inside the Cedar…
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    Showing our commitment to history by investing in Detroit's future

    | Ann P. Kalayil, Great Lakes regional administrator
    Earlier this month, we marked the start of something exciting at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in Detroit when we broke ground on our $140 million investment in the building. This three-phase pro…
  • GSA's green investments build results

    | Kevin Kampschroer, GSA sustainability officer
    In 2009, the Obama Administration signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which provided $787 billion to save and create jobs, in part by modernizing infrastructure and inve…
  • Cedar Rapids Courthouse project recognized at yearly awards

    | Tanya Roman, public affairs officer, Heartland Region
    Every year the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) takes time to recognize the exceptional work of the employees who work tirelessly to produce federal buildings that are built to stand the tes
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    Creative federal projects celebrated during GSA design awards

    | GSA Blog Team
    Federal buildings are more than just brick and mortar symbols of the government. They act as economic catalysts in communities across the nation, providing jobs, vitality and public space for the Amer…
  • GSA Economic Catalyst Spotlight - Baltimore

    | GSA Blog Team
    The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently partnered with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Nate Loewentheil, head of the President’s Task Force for Baltimore and senior adviso…
  • Employee outreach program connects agency work to community impact

    | Sally Mayberry, Rocky Mountain Region public affairs
    GSA’s impact is broad and deep across the country. It’s so broad that sometimes it’s difficult to connect the dots and to understand how exactly the agency and the work of our nearly 12,000 employees…
  • GSA receives Federal Green Challenge awards from EPA

    | Sylvia L. Hernandez, regional administrator, Greater Southwest Region
    GSA’s Greater Southwest Region continues to succeed in our efforts to become a more sustainable and energy efficient government. In fact, I recently participated in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) awards ceremony for this year’s…