Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets 10 Oregon Federal Offices for Lease Termination

In a relentless campaign to slash the size of the federal government, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) targets 10 agency buildings in Oregon where leases are about to expire.

Releasing a list of 657 federal real estate leases facing termination at cities across the nation – 10 of them in Oregon – Musk has confirmed that the effort will significantly cut the size of federal government offices.

The Oregon agencies facing an insecure future are three Salem offices – the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Federal Highway Administration.

Two Portland locations house Natural Resources Conservation Services and the Agricultural Marketing Service.

The remaining Oregon leased premises house Mine Safety Health Administration in Albany (3,618 square feet), the Bureau of Land Management in Baker, the Bureau of Reclamation in Bend (3,386 square feet), and the Geological Survey offices in Corvallis (6,849 square feet) and Klamath Falls (8,913 square feet).

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration office in Salem, measuring 236 square feet, is one of many federal agencies expected to have its lease terminated by 30 June and the Bureau of Land Management in Baker City by 30 September. Leases on the remaining Oregon agencies are earmarked for cancelation by 31 August.

Takeaway

DOGE and the General Services Administration are scrutinizing the federal government’s real estate portfolio in an accelerated effort to cancel leases for underused or unused federal offices and buildings.

The initiative is aimed at downsizing the government’s real estate portfolio. Although the project has been in progress for the past decade, recent actions have accelerated, with DOGE claiming potential savings of $300 million over the terms of the leases. This figure, however, remains unverified.