GSA

GSA Administrator Resigns

Emily Murphy was widely criticized for delaying the presidential transition. The agency also came under fire Friday for impeding the IG’s pandemic response investigations.

Courtney Bublé
January 15, 2021

GSA Administrator Resigns

Emily Murphy was widely criticized for delaying the presidential transition. The agency also came under fire Friday for impeding the IG’s pandemic response investigations.

Courtney Bublé
January 15, 2021

Trump’s D.C. Hotel Under Renewed Scrutiny

The Capitol riots, Trump’s second impeachment and the upcoming change in administrations raise new questions about whether the General Services Administration will continue the lease.

Courtney Bublé
January 14, 2021

Travel Mileage Reimbursement Rates Fall, and More

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Erich Wagner
January 6, 2021

Architecture Groups Call on Biden to Revoke ‘Classical Buildings’ Executive Order

This is one of the many lame duck executive orders President Trump has issued recently.

Courtney Bublé
December 23, 2020

GSA Agrees to Brief Congress on Delayed Transition — Next Week

Briefings will occur on November 30 and will be closed to the press.

Courtney Bublé
November 23, 2020

Former GSA Administrator Reflects on Ascertaining the Election in 2016

“If there’s anything that I would point to, it is really how important this activity and moment is,” said Denise Turner Roth of the presidential transition.

Courtney Bublé
November 13, 2020

Pressure Continues to Mount for GSA to Ascertain Biden as Presidential Election Winner

Lawmakers, former top government officials and others join the call for the transition activities to begin, citing national security concerns.

Courtney Bublé
November 12, 2020

GSA Faces Pressure to Recognize Biden as Election Winner, Hand Over Keys to Formally Start Transition

It is unclear when GSA will grant access to full transition resources amid the Trump campaign’s legal challenges.

Courtney Bublé
November 9, 2020

GSA Holds the Key to When or If Biden Gets Access to Full Transition Resources

With President Trump’s campaign threatening lawsuits, it is unclear when GSA would grant access to full transition resources.

Courtney Bublé
November 6, 2020

OPM Quietly Abandons Proposed Merger with GSA

The Trump administration’s merger plan was criticized by lawmakers in both parties and was eventually blocked by Congress.

Erich Wagner
October 30, 2020

President Signs Bill to Allow Electric Vehicle Charges on Government Purchase Cards

The bipartisan bill saves taxpayers money and boosts energy efficiency, senators say.

Courtney Bublé
October 2, 2020

IG Finds ‘Significant Inaccuracies’ in Federal Acquisition Service’s Reporting of Small Business Contracts

This resulted from issues with the GSA-managed federal procurement data system.

Courtney Bublé
September 17, 2020

New Executive Order Seeks to Put Federal Buildings in Disadvantaged Areas

The General Services Administration will develop a plan to implement the directive.

Courtney Bublé
August 26, 2020

Inspector General Blasts Efforts to Transfer OPM Facility Authority to GSA

The Office of Personnel Management watchdog said the Trump administration took action without regard to the impact, potentially incurring millions of dollars in recurring annual costs.

Erich Wagner
August 7, 2020

OPM Is Reorganizing Employees to Get Around Ban on GSA Merger, Union Claims

Over the weekend, the Office of Personnel Management moved nearly two dozen employees into the agency’s HR Line of Business, which is being renamed with GSA support.

Erich Wagner
August 4, 2020

Trump Administration Redacts Meeting Minutes on the Presidential Transition

“If there’s anything that needs to be redacted that’s a sign that there’s something that shouldn’t be going on,” said New York University’s Paul Light.

Courtney Bublé
July 21, 2020

House Committee Investigates Whether Officials Misled Congress on OPM-GSA Merger

A recent watchdog group report cited notes from a phone call indicating the Trump administration was advised that the merger plan was illegal, an account that is at odds with what OPM officials testified before Congress last year.

Erich Wagner
July 1, 2020

GovExec Daily: Civilian Federal Buildings Named After Segregationists

Eric Katz joins the show to discuss the potential renaming of facilities such as the Thomas G. Abernathy Federal Building and the Strom Thurmond Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
June 24, 2020

Lawmakers Press GSA on Trump Hotel’s Request for Financial Relief During Pandemic

This comes as a federal appeals court revives an Emoluments Clause lawsuit involving the hotel.

Courtney Bublé
May 19, 2020

House Lawmakers Accuse GSA of Breaching Ban on Implementing OPM Merger

Oversight panel leaders say newly uncovered emails confirm that the General Services Administration’s pending revocation of the Office of Personnel Management’s building operation authority is part of the plan to abolish the HR agency.

Erich Wagner
April 1, 2020

Why So Many Architects Are Angered by ‘Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again’

Federal building guidelines say that "development of an official style must be avoided" – which is exactly what a leaked executive order is trying to do.

Kai Gutschow, The Conversation
February 12, 2020

The Capitol riots, Trump’s second impeachment and the upcoming change in administrations raise new questions about whether the General Services Administration will continue the lease.

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

This is one of the many lame duck executive orders President Trump has issued recently.

Briefings will occur on November 30 and will be closed to the press.

“If there’s anything that I would point to, it is really how important this activity and moment is,” said Denise Turner Roth of the presidential transition.

Lawmakers, former top government officials and others join the call for the transition activities to begin, citing national security concerns.

It is unclear when GSA will grant access to full transition resources amid the Trump campaign’s legal challenges.

With President Trump’s campaign threatening lawsuits, it is unclear when GSA would grant access to full transition resources.

The Trump administration’s merger plan was criticized by lawmakers in both parties and was eventually blocked by Congress.

The bipartisan bill saves taxpayers money and boosts energy efficiency, senators say.

This resulted from issues with the GSA-managed federal procurement data system.

The General Services Administration will develop a plan to implement the directive.

The Office of Personnel Management watchdog said the Trump administration took action without regard to the impact, potentially incurring millions of dollars in recurring annual costs.

Over the weekend, the Office of Personnel Management moved nearly two dozen employees into the agency’s HR Line of Business, which is being renamed with GSA support.

“If there’s anything that needs to be redacted that’s a sign that there’s something that shouldn’t be going on,” said New York University’s Paul Light.

A recent watchdog group report cited notes from a phone call indicating the Trump administration was advised that the merger plan was illegal, an account that is at odds with what OPM officials testified before Congress last year.

Eric Katz joins the show to discuss the potential renaming of facilities such as the Thomas G. Abernathy Federal Building and the Strom Thurmond Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.

This comes as a federal appeals court revives an Emoluments Clause lawsuit involving the hotel.

Oversight panel leaders say newly uncovered emails confirm that the General Services Administration’s pending revocation of the Office of Personnel Management’s building operation authority is part of the plan to abolish the HR agency.

Federal building guidelines say that "development of an official style must be avoided" – which is exactly what a leaked executive order is trying to do.

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