EXCLUSIVE: Former General Services Directorate (GSA) led by Emily Murphy, who served everything President Donald TrumpThe first term, he told Fox News Digital that GSA “would correct his portfolio” by selling or lending unused government buildings – saving money to help the government more effective.
“I think there is an incredible opportunity right now for GSA to save a Government with a significant amount of money, the right rights of his portfolio,” Murphy told Fox News Digital about Elon Musk Government Efficiency Department (Doge) working with GSA to identify “empty or under -used federal spaces” as part of the Trump administration plan to reduce wasteful consumption.
“Currently, Gsa loses money,” Murphy said. “Federal buildings that have over $ 370 billion delayed maintenance. It is an obligation that only grows and grows and grows because the buildings have not been maintained. So, to get rid of the ownership of the space that is not held, which is not busy, first of all, it does not take well, not and does not create a construction responsibility for it. It also does not create it in the community.”
Murphy said these empty buildings are often in the ideal center of the city, “areas with great use” that can be a real advantage to build a community and restore funds to the Ministry of Finance.
Former GSA administrator Gsa Emily Murphy told Fox News Digital to accept Doge Elon Musk that she plans to attack “empty or under -used federal spaces” as part of the Trump administration plan to reduce wasteful consumption. (Fox News Digital/Getty)
“Gsa has to correct his lease portfolio. Otherwise, it will pay rent on buildings that do not occupy it, and there are no necessary funds for that,” Murphy said.
The gs’ reduction efforts have already resulted in a 794 lease interruption, and a total of more than $ 500 million has been canceled, lease obligations, for Fox News Digital, a source familiar with GSA actions.
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Murphy said that the abolition of the rental and sale of unused office space would benefit from the Government double. First, this can increase money in the short term to finance government agencies. Second, it will reduce long -term financial obligations.
“No taxpayer should want to pay the government to pay a space he does not use,” Murphy said. “It’s billions of dollars a year [that] Get out of rent and real estate from the Federal Government. This is a significant amount of money, and it is the right opportunity for GSA to do a great job for the US people and reduce the long -term financial obligations of the Government and, honestly, release money for agencies in the short term. “
Elon Musk speaks at a conservative conference on political action (CPAC), February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Murphy told Fox that GSA existed to “reduce waste”, and during their term they were able to return about $ 21.6 billion savings. She hugged herself Doge’s efforts to reduce wasteful consumption And increase the efficiency of the Government, saying Fox News Digital, these issues should have two -sided support.
“The priority of efficiency and minimizing waste in our government should really be a two -sided issue. The contracting of the Government, the government property do not have a Republican side or the democratic side of the coin,” Murphy said. “What Doge currently does is just pushing forward and try to ensure that taxpayers can have a belief that every dollar that is spent is indeed in their best interest.
Murphy explained that GSA was created to manage the portfolio of property and the procurement of the Federal Government and welcomed the renewed focus on efficiency.
GSA has produced the most savings with federal agencies, according to the official Doga website. (AP/Getty)
“GSA is basically a government managerial hand. It deals with real estate, procurement, many common services that the Government has, vehicles in the Government fleet. This is run by many Government functions in the page. It was created about 75 years ago that this would be especially taken, so that agencies would not be that they cannot appear.
Stephen Ehikian swore as an administrator acting administrator and Deputy Administrator GSA on the day of the inauguration.
“Under the Trump van, I will return Gs to its basic purpose for the government to become smarter and faster,” Ehikian said. “Moving forward, GSA will be focused on the laser to launch an effective government and allowing our sister agencies to provide better taxpayers with lower costs.”
GSA has produced the most savings with federal agencies, according to the official Doga website. The website entitled “The immediate list of real estate (soon) on the GSA website describes the lasting effort of the agency to save on government buildings.
A building of general services in Washington, DC (Getty)
“We identify buildings and facilities that are not fundamental to government operations or non-non-teamed real estate, for disposal. Sales ensure that taxpayers no longer spend on free or under-used federal premises. Defining this assets helps to remove expensive maintenance and enables us to re-introduce the working environment of high qualities that support agencies.
Reported Associated Press The dozens of federal office and lease of the building will be abolished by June 20, and hundreds are expected in the coming months. AP also reported last week That GSA has published a list of more than 440 federal real estate that the Government has planned to exclude. The list was then revised to include only 320 buildings before the website was eventually updated to its current language “which is coming soon”.
Musk regretted About unused office buildings on your personal account X and Doge’s official account.
“Still * Road * Too many tenants on unused buildings,” Musk announced on February 25th.
“Agreed! Today, the cancellation of lease on empty/under -used buildings increased from ~ 257 on ~ 440, and the annual rental savings increase with ~ $ 100 million up to ~ $ 171 million. Still a lot of office space available for current workforce,” Doge replied the next day.
“Today, the Federal Government exceeded $ 100 million annually savings by renting 250+ free/under -used rent of the total value of 3m+ square meters. Sa ~ 7.250 current rental, there is a lot of available office space for the current workforce,” Doge announced in Post 25.
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“Crazy that the Government only rented and paid the services of maintaining hundreds of empty buildings!” Musk answered.
