The move comes amid a broader push by the administration to cut its real estate footprint and drastically reduce the size of the federal government workforce. Spurred by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, several agencies have announced plans to slash some teams by as much as 90 percent.
Also on Wednesday, Trump issued an executive order giving agencies seven days to submit an inventory of their real property and 30 days to identify all leases that can be terminated. Within 60 days, the order stated, the General Services Administration — the government’s real estate arm — must come up with a plan to dispose all property deemed “no longer needed.”
D.C. leaders, including Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), have expressed optimism that repurposed federal buildings could boost the vibrancy and residential life of areas near downtown and the National Mall that suffered from a transition to remote working during the pandemic.
But any large-scale effort to move government offices out of the capital region could negatively affect the local economy.
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