Federal Agencies Using Just 25 Percent of Their Office Space, Watchdog Reveals
Remote work policies lead to massive waste of government property
Charles Hilu
July 13, 2023
Federal agencies are using only a quarter of their available office space due to the growing number of government workers working from home, a federal watchdog revealed Thursday.
The Government Accountability Office cited remote work as a reason for the massive underutilization of office space it found in its investigation of 24 federal agencies. All agencies reviewed reported that their in-office workforce does not meet pre-pandemic levels, and not a single one utilizes more than 49 percent of the space it uses taxpayer money to rent and buy.
Some agencies reported usage as low as 9 percent, Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) revealed in a Thursday hearing on the report.
"Low building utilization has significant costs, both to the government and to the American taxpayer," said David Marroni, acting director of the Government Accountability Office’s physical infrastructure team. "Every dollar an agency spends on unneeded space is a dollar that can’t be used for other priorities."
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