Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 16445-16446]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2025-06838]

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Executive Order 14274 of April 15, 2025

Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space

Management

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. The American people are spread

across more than 3.8 million square miles in urban,

suburban, and rural areas. To provide the highest

quality services in an efficient and cost-effective

manner, executive departments and agencies (agencies)

must be where the people are.

President Carter signed Executive Order 12072 of August

16, 1978 (Federal Space Management), ordering the

Federal Government to prioritize central business

districts when siting Federal facilities in urban

areas. Intended to improve these districts, President

Carter's order has instead prevented agencies from

relocating to lower-cost facilities.

August

16, 1978 (Federal Space Management), ordering the

Federal Government to prioritize central business

districts when siting Federal facilities in urban

areas. Intended to improve these districts, President

Carter's order has instead prevented agencies from

relocating to lower-cost facilities.

Building on Executive Order 12072, President Clinton

signed Executive Order 13006 of May 21, 1996 (Locating

Federal Facilities on Historic Properties in Our

Nation's Central Cities), to encourage agencies to

locate their facilities in historic properties and

districts, especially when located in central business

areas. Much like President Carter's order, President

Clinton's order failed to adequately prioritize

efficient and effective Government service.

Revoking these orders will restore common sense to

Federal office space management by freeing agencies to

select cost-effective facilities and focus on

successfully carrying out their missions for American

taxpayers.

Sec. 2. Revoking Executive Orders. (a) Executive Order

12072 is hereby revoked.

(b) Executive Order 13006 is hereby revoked.

(c) The Administrator of General Services is

directed to initiate the process to amend the

regulations at title 41, parts 102-79 and 102-83, Code

of Federal Regulations, and to take any other steps

necessary in accordance with applicable law to conform

Federal office space management policy with this order.

(c) The Administrator of General Services is

directed to initiate the process to amend the

regulations at title 41, parts 102-79 and 102-83, Code

of Federal Regulations, and to take any other steps

necessary in accordance with applicable law to conform

Federal office space management policy with this order.

(d) Agencies that acquire or utilize federally

owned or leased space under authority other than the

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of

1949 (40 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), as amended, shall conform

to the provisions of this order to the extent

consistent with applicable law.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,

create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,

enforceable at law or in equity by any party against

the United States, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 15, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-06838

Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]

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