Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently canceled 13 more federal office leases in Alabama, saving taxpayers over $14 million.
According to DOGE, the new lease cancellations in Alabama included facilities used by the Office of U.S. Attorneys, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Farm Service Agency.
DOGE's previous lease cancellations, reported on by 1819 News last week, amounted to about $5 million in total savings.
A federal General Services Administration spokesperson told 1819 News on Monday, "Acting Administrator Ehikian's vision for GSA includes reducing our deferred maintenance liabilities, supporting the return to office of federal employees, and taking advantage of a stronger private/government partnership in managing the workforce of the future."
"GSA is reviewing all options to optimize our footprint and building utilization. A component of our space consolidation plan will be the termination of many soft term leases. To the extent these terminations affect public facing facilities and/or existing tenants, we are working with our agency partners to secure suitable alternative space. In many cases this will allow us to increase space utilization and obtain improved terms," the GSA spokesperson said.
The full list of the locations, agencies, total savings, and square footage of the newly canceled federal leases includes:
- Montgomery (Office of U.S. Attorneys) $3,210,894 (57,815 sq. ft.)
- Montgomery (Farm Service Agency) $3,041,170 (30,881 sq. ft.)
- Montgomery (Internal Revenue Service National Office) $1,259,025 (12,347 sq. ft.)
- Montgomery (Forest Service) $800,734 (15,792 sq. ft.)
- Montgomery (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) $158,518 (2,662 sq. ft.)
- Mobile (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) $493,540 (5,548 sq. ft.)
- Mobile (Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division) $104,460 (2,200 sq. ft.)
- Daphne (United States Fish and Wildlife Service) $311,781 (7,087 sq. ft.)
- Birmingham (Internal Revenue National Office) $2,807,854 (32,480 sq. ft.)
- Birmingham (Internal Revenue National Office) $126,702 (7,580 sq. ft.)
- Birmingham (Mine Safety Health Administration) $1,699,269 (20,554 sq. ft.)
- Fort Payne (National Park Service) $0 (5,300 sq. ft.)
- Huntsville (Government Accountability Office) $68,611 (7,978 sq. ft.)
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