On Whitehouse.gov today there’s a post declaring that the government has a stupidly large amount of real estate that taxpayers are paying to maintain — but that it doesn’t really need.

From the White House:

The Federal government owns 1.2 million properties across the country making it the biggest property owner in the United States, but billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted each year on government properties that are no longer needed. This includes roughly 14,000 buildings and structures currently designated as excess and thousands of others that are underutilized. These properties range from sheds to under-utilized office buildings and empty warehouses. Next month, the Administration will release detailed information on these excess properties so that the public can be better informed about this challenge.

The post describes a plan to appoint “independent board of experts to expedite the disposal of unneeded properties.”

“The board’s recommendations will be presented to Congress in a package to be voted on in an up-or-down manner and all properties will swiftly be disposed of or consolidated,” said Jeffrey Zients,the Federal Chief Performance Officer and the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget.

Anyone need a government shed?

Cutting Costs by Getting Rid of Government Buildings We Don’t Need [White House]

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