PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE FOR GOVERNMENT WORK SPACE MANAGEMENT REFORMS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: May 31, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE ~NHITE HOUSE
v~AS-~INGTON
?!ay 31, 1983
MEMORANDUM E'OR HEADS O~F DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
FROM: EDWI"' .._,~ ._ __, tJ~v.`--
COUNSELLOR TO THE PRESIDENT
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SUBJECT: Presidential Initiative for Government
Work Space Management ~teforms
`~li,th the attached Executive Order, the president hays initibted
~~~~undamental reforms in the~way the 'Executive $ranch msn8ges
,property. These changes can result in savings to the American
'.taxpayer of more than 51.3 billion per year.
Although long-term savings are significant, we must take action
to assure immediate east reductions. The president requests that
you achieve the following objectives:
1. By August 31, 1983, submit a plan dot irnprovee~ utili~a-
tion for all 'work space directly cantrc~lle~3 by your
agency. '
2. By September 30, 1989, implement the above plans sty that
your agency's total work space inventory is reduced by
ten percent. This includes all types of work space --
office, storage, and special purpose.
3. In addition to the overall work space reduction, ensure
that your office space is reduced commensurate with the
percentage of any personnel reduction experienced b} your
agency since October 1, 1980..
The Administrator of the General Services Administration will
coordinate this cost reduction initiatiwe, issue more detailed
guidance,. provide technical assistance, and report agency
progress to the Cabinet Council on Management and Administration.
Many people believe ,that.. the Federal Government cannot move.
.quickly t;o accomplish a task of this .magnitude. We know it can
be done if we concentrate on making it happen. I look forward to
each agency's achievement of these objectives.
Please direct any questions regarding the Executive Order, or
these objectives, to Gerald P. Carm~e.n, f~dmihstrator, General
Services Administration.
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- EXECUTIVE ORDER
GOVrP,tiMEhT WQRK SPACE I~NAGEMrrT R#1'ORMS
By 'khe authority vested in me as P^esident by tht
Constitution and laws of the United States of America,
including Section S86 of Title 40 of the United States Code,
in order. to institute fundamental changes in the manner in
which Federal work space is managed to ensure its e~i`icient
utilization, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. In order to make the Federal use of work
space (including office space, warehouses and special purpose
space, whether federally awned, leased or controlle~~ and
related furnishings more effective in support of agency
missions, minimize the accruisition of government resources,
and reduce the administrative costs of the~Federal government,
the heads of all Federal Executive agencies shall:
(a) Estzblish programs to reduce the 'amount of work.
space, useZ or held, to that amount which is essential ,f or
known agency missions;
(b) Procuce and meir.tain a total inventory o: w?brk space
and rel~tec furnishings and declare excess to the '
Administrator of General Services all such holdings that are.
not necessary to satisfy existing or known and verified
planned programs;
(c) EnsL.-e that the amount of office space Ls~d by each
employee of t?'ie agent; , or ~ others usir-g agency-cot,trblled
space, is he?d to the minimum neces-nary to accor~pli~h the task
,that must be performed;
(d) t~;anage the furniture, equipment, decoration, drapes,.
carpeting, plants and other zccoutrements so that tht use df
all furnishings by the agency reflects a judicious a~+plo}men*
of pub~.ic moneys;
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(e) Consider, in making decisions concernir~ the use,
acquisition, or disposal of work space and related
furnishings, the effects of ~.ts actions on costs,ineurred by
other Federal agencies;
(f) Report all vacant work space ~teta~ined for ~Uturr
Federal uses to the Administrator of General Services sv~that.
it may be made available for the temporary use of other
Federal agencies, to the extent consistent with national
defense requirements;
(g1 .Establish a woatk space managemefit plan to meet. the
provisions of this Clyder4 including specification of the goals
to be ~?a~hieved and act~o~hs to be taker- by the agency in order
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to improve its utilization of 'a 11 work space and related
furnishings; and i~ ~ ,,
(h) Establish info~ation systems, implement inventory
controls and conduct sur~reys,~in accordance with procedures
established by the Administrator of General Services, so that
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a government.-wide report~tng system may be developed.
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Sec. 2. The Administrator of General Services is
delegated authority, to the extent not prohibited by other
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laws, to conduct surv"eys; establish agency-wide objectives for
work space use for each Executive agency, and establish
procedures, guidelines and regulations to be followed by the
agencies in develop~.ng the work space planning, infd;rmatiori
and reporting syst~:~,~? ~~:~uired by this Order.
T.HE WHITE HOUSE,
March 29, 1983.
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