Introduction
Lean Government
Over the last decade, federal agencies have
made significant progress toward freezing and
reducing their real estate footprints. And in
2025, they're accelerating the process. GSA
plans to reduce its square footage by up to
50% over the next few years, and every agency
is under renewed pressure to increase
efficiency and eliminate waste.
Federal agencies are rapidly consolidating
locations and offloading underutilized space to
rightsize their portfolios. But they're often
basing these long-term real estate decisions on
limited information, separating utilization from
a building's strategic value within the portfolio.
An office with low utilization may look like a
good candidate for termination or non-renewal,
but what if it's the most central location for
your employees, making it a better option for
consolidation? Or what if it has lower operating
costs than a similar location? Or it's one of the
only locations that complies with a particular
level of security clearance?
While agencies are rightfully looking for
straightforward indicators of where real estate
is underutilized and thus wasteful, they can't
settle for simply balancing space and
occupancy levels. It's a substantial risk to make
real estate decisions without considering the
broader portfolio strategy and other valuable
cost-saving opportunities presented by
underutilized real estate. And since acquiring
additional space is out of the question, making
these decisions in isolation can make other
portfolio challenges significantly harder to
solve.
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At the same time, the federal workforce has
been ordered to fully return to the office, and
agencies that previously reduced their
footprint based on the widespread adoption of
hybrid work are now scrambling to use their
existing space more efficiently. They have to
keep the footprint frozen despite greater
demand for space. Like many large enterprises
that have reversed their hybrid or remote work
policies, these federal agencies need the tools
to be agile, adjusting space allocation and
policies to balance changes in utilization.
Whether agencies are focused on reducing the
footprint or keeping it frozen, they can't afford
to wait months or years for custom-built tools
to address their real estate problems. They
need FedRAMP®-certified solutions that work
now, out-of-the-box.
In this guide, we'll highlight how Tango's
FedRAMP®-certified real estate and
workplace management solutions are
uniquely equipped to address the federal
government's immediate need to reduce and
freeze the footprint without compromising
their agility.
