The General Services Administration already has removed an online list of more than 400 “non-core” federal properties it said it wanted to sell off.
GSA published the initial list of 443 properties on Tuesday, but by early Wednesday morning it had removed 123 of the properties from the public list. And by Wednesday afternoon the list was gone entirely, replaced by a “Coming soon” message.
“We are identifying buildings and facilities that are not core to government operations, or non-core properties, for disposal,” the GSA said on the page where the list had surfaced a day earlier. “Selling ensures that taxpayer dollars are no longer spent on vacant or underutilized federal spaces. Disposing of these assets helps eliminate costly maintenance and allows us to reinvest in high-quality work environments that support agency missions.”
On the original list were iconic federal buildings in Washington such as FBI’s headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover Building and the Robert F. Kennedy Building, which houses the Justice Department.
They were both dropped from the slimmed-down list.
The Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, another high-profile target, was still on the smaller list as of Wednesday morning.
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