From a list of federally owned properties for sale in the Baltimore area:
| ALTMEYER BLDG | WOODLAWN | 219,798 |
| ANNEX TO SOC SEC | WOODLAWN | 439,698 |
The Trump Administration has talked about relocating the headquarters of federal agencies outside the area of the nation’s capitol. I don’t believe any such relocations have been announced yet. That shoe or set of shoes has yet to drop. I’m not saying that’s what these listings are about. I don’t know.
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It's not just those two, the list includes several more buildings from the Woodlawn campus.
It’s more than just that. It’s most of the buildings except the RMB. Additionally GSA has several of the buildings that house the ROs listed for sale too
They are selling the Census Building too
GSA has removed the list.
"Non-core property list (Coming soon)"
https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/real-estate-services/real-property-disposition/noncore-property-list
Start looking for a new area of practice. SSA is done. No staff, no buildings, restrictive policy measures and poof, former agency. If they keep going at this pace, another month will be all it takes to end the agency. It wont end in the next year, but will collapse in spectacular form in the next 5 maybe 10 years. Its done folks, they have finally done it. SSA is over with.
As of yesterday evening, many federal buildings with FOs and HOs were also on the GSA non-core list. I believe all but two HO-containing buildings in my state were on the list when I looked at it. I heard the list was edited to show fewer properties late last night, and it appears to have been replaced with a statement that the list is “coming soon” this morning.
GSA will sell to corporate real estate millionaire/billionaire friends, who will then lease back to the government.
You know it would make sense to put the major agency buildings in economically depressed areas. Lower cost for buildings and services. The boost to the local economy would be high with a flush of high earners moving into the area, you could really make an economic impact while saving money.
Oligarchy happening before our eyes. Next up for sale to the billionaires at discount rates are federally owned public land - national parks, national forests, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, wildlife refuges, national monuments, and national recreation areas.
Why would they want to sell buildings now, when demand is low and declining due to the contraction in the US labor market. Is “sell low and buy high” or “buy high and sell low” really a great strategy? I guess I shouldn’t expect anything better from a rich orange blob who’s made less money in real estate with his daddy’s fortune than he would’ve made by investing the money in a conservative bond market.
"RTO on Monday; All offices have been sold, but tents will be erected in the parking lots. Sincerely, GSA"
The original list can be found here:
https://gist.github.com/spdustin/08b0c18f869bd097a175874fd75f6339
At the rate we are shredding agencies and personnel your billionaire buddies will be sitting on a lot of vacant office space.
Will I get a check from the Federal Government when they close the sale? I want my share as a tax payer.
SSA being done is an overstatement. The realignment has been a long time coming, and 7k positions through retirements with VERA and VSIP, as well as some other separations, is workable. OGC alone cannot justify its current staffing levels of 500+ attorneys at GS-14 and GS-15 across 10 offices and HQ. Likewise, the NHC judges and 160+ local HOCALJs in OHO are not carrying a caseload to justify $200,000 annually. Judges used to handle fairly equal caseloads through rotation. Some of these "management" judges are doing virtually nothing.
Ever actually visited Woodlawn? It's not exactly opulent living.
Correct me if I am wrong, but asmt Altmeyer renamed RMB???
No, the Altmyer Building is the shiny front-facing building that was recently renovated that houses most of the SSA execs and the commish. The RMB or “operations building” sits behind the Altmyer and houses various SSA staff.
You’re kidding, right? OGC doesn’t have enough attorneys to handle the disability appeals alone, let alone all of its usual internal matters. I get that you resent your HOCALJ and feel butthurt over their incrementally higher pay, but that’s no reason to spout bullsh*t about OGC or any other component.
Lol. OGC attorneys spend most of their time avoiding disability workloads, because it won't get them promoted. But, if OGC can't handle program litigation, as you say, makes sense to give the legal work to civil division DOJ, and free up those OGC attorneys to be more productive in the private sector.
@8:40, you do realize that Program Litigation is an entire component of OGC, and that is all those attorneys do. And winning one case in federal court equates to an average savings of $300,000. So one win per year saves the trust fund more than double an attorney's salary. More than justifies the salary. The USAO does not have the resources to handle this huge workload. Especially with their own staff being reduced.
@11:27 - Wrong. Program litigation is a separate workload (not component) within OGC, with multiple GS-15s pretending to manage it. Out of different "offices." There's an SSA organizational chart online, since you're unclear. Looking forward to DOGE evaluating the productivity of these attorneys and whether DOJ might better defend the agency in court.
Um, YOU are wrong. OPLit is distinct from OP Law, and contained in separate Divisions. My point is OP Lit attorneys cannot avoid OP Lit work. Like you wrongly claimed.
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