Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) conducted a field hearing which revealed extensive waste in federal real estate operations. The sit-down, set in a rarely used federal edifice in the heart of Washington, D.C., brought to light that the government is dishing out billions to keep old and underused office structures functional.
This spending spree has been going on for so long that the Government Accountability Office has had federal property management on its High-Risk List since 2003, according to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The subcommittee's members expressed their support for the Trump Administration's approach to tackle what past administrations seemingly couldn't—or perhaps wouldn't—doing so. They recognized efforts to "right-size" the federal real estate portfolio, as described in a statement released after the hearing.
Federal representatives are vowing to actively work alongside the administration to keep this momentum going, as per the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
