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The Trump administration plans to sell the headquarters of Washington of the FBI and the Ministry of Justice while it is progressing with its aggressive program to reduce government costs.
The General Services Administration, which manages American federal buildings, published a list Of more than 440 properties, he deemed “no basis for government operations”.
In addition to the FBI and DOJ buildings, those of the health and social services departments, agriculture, energy, work, housing and urban development were also on the list.
“The GSA will examine non-essential assets for the divestment of government ownership in order to guarantee that taxpayers no longer pay for empty and underused federal office spaces”, ” The agency said.
He added that “non -essential assets” cost more than $ 430 million a year to operate, adding that listening could bring more than $ 8 billion.
“GSA is committed to being an intelligent dollar steward of taxpayers by reducing unnecessary space and by reducing costs,” said GSA, adding that the list was “subject to change”.
The GSA oversees almost 370 minutes square feet of real estate, after having sold more than 12 million square feet in the last decade. Biden administration announcement In his last days, he was aimed at reducing his portfolio by an additional 3.5 million square feet, allowing taxpayers of more than $ 1 billion.
The GSA announcement on Tuesday to cut more than 80 million square feet aligns with the much more aggressive cost reduction efforts of Elon Musk.
The so-called Ministry of Government efficiency, the billionaire of which is the de facto leader, says he has dismissed hundreds of leases across the United States, allowing taxpayers up to $ 660 million a year.
The legality of certain endings has been disputed.
Musk has long made the absence of the lack of attendance of functions by federal workers, saying that many buildings are mainly empty due to remote work. President Donald Trump published an executive decree shortly after its inauguration by forcing the government that workers return full time.
Despite the recent cancellations of Doge, Musk last week displayed that there was “still * a way * too many leases on unused buildings”.
Monday, GSA deployed a program designed to correspond to federal workers with unused office spaces in government buildings, in order to better use partially vacant properties.
The FBI and the Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Additional report by Stefania Palma
