Tangherlini also noted that GSA is using its headquarters building to test new ways to use federal office space, planning to transform conventional office space into a more collaborative, flexible work environment designed to facilitate cooperation, mobility, and improved productivity.
He said the agency expects to see utilization rates increase from below 50 percent to as high as 80 percent, making it possible to eliminate more than $24 million of annual lease payments in the capital region.
GSA wants to eventually apply lessons it learns from the transformation of its workplace and to other agencies and departments throughout the federal government. The agency could have more resources at its disposal to make workplace changes in the near future. Tangherlini noted that the White House’s budget would restore the agency’s authority to use rent income to reinvest $1.3 billion in repair and maintenance of federal real property it manages.
