Telephone Hearings Through March (for now).

[pumpkin]

It seems the Agency needs less than half of the space currently occupied in the beltway. What does this portend for the future of telework? From Washington Business Journal:

The GSA recently sent a prospectus to its oversight committees in the House and Senate seeking approval to roll a trio of SSA leases in D.C. and Northern Virginia, combining for about 429,850 square feet, into consolidated space of around 204,850 square feet.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/09/09/gsa-seeking-consolidated-space-for-social-security.amp.html

[ssaogc]

Sept 9, 2020 21:16:55 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

It seems the Agency needs less than half of the space currently occupied in the beltway. What does this portend for the future of telework? From Washington Business Journal:

The GSA recently sent a prospectus to its oversight committees in the House and Senate seeking approval to roll a trio of SSA leases in D.C. and Northern Virginia, combining for about 429,850 square feet, into consolidated space of around 204,850 square feet.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/09/09/gsa-seeking-consolidated-space-for-social-security.amp.html

Full article is behind a paywall. It could be that SSA is moving some operations out of capital region. Current administration has said they want to move agencies to other parts of the country, I have an idea to where and why but that is just me being cynical. 

[christina]

Sept 10, 2020 10:08:10 GMT -5 ssaogc said:

Sept 9, 2020 21:16:55 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

It seems the Agency needs less than half of the space currently occupied in the beltway. What does this portend for the future of telework? From Washington Business Journal:

The GSA recently sent a prospectus to its oversight committees in the House and Senate seeking approval to roll a trio of SSA leases in D.C. and Northern Virginia, combining for about 429,850 square feet, into consolidated space of around 204,850 square feet.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/09/09/gsa-seeking-consolidated-space-for-social-security.amp.html

Full article is behind a paywall. It could be that SSA is moving some operations out of capital region. Current administration has said they want to move agencies to other parts of the country, I have an idea to where and why but that is just me being cynical. 

They could be moving stuff to Balt

[jagvet]

Since around 2014, during Obama administration, GSA has been consolidating fed office space with job-sharing, telework, less offices and more workstations. Corona has probably accelerated those reductions of footprints. SSA may have bought into this concept. For the record, it is awful, even though feds often have wasted space. Lack of privacy, germs, noise, are all big problems, even as GSA "experts" and highly-paid consultants assure agencies that it works. Maybe someone can get this disaster to the White House and pres will block it.