Trump Administration Releases List Of Hundreds Of Federal Buildings Targeted For Potential Sale

The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 440 federal properties it has identified to close or sell, including the FBI headquarters and the main Department of Justice building, after deeming them "not core to government operations."

Hours later, however, the administration issued a revised list with only 320 entries - none in Washington, D.C. The General Services Administration , which published the list, did not immediately respond to questions about the change and why so many properties had been removed.

The initial list had included some of the country's most recognizable buildings, along with courthouses, offices and even parking garage and spanned nearly every state. In Washington, D.C., it included the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which serves as FBI headquarters, the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the Old Post Office building, where President Donald Trump once ran a hotel, and the American Red Cross headquarters. The headquarters of numerous agencies, including Department of Labor and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, were listed as well.

Elsewhere in the country, the administration targeted the enormous Major General Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indiana, the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco and the U.S. mission to the United Nations in New York. Roughly 80 of the country's 2.4 million federal workers are based outside of metropolitan Washington, D.C.

"We are identifying buildings and facilities that are not core to government operations, or non-core properties for disposal," the GSA said of the list of 443 properties. Selling the properties "ensures that taxpayer dollars are no longer spent on vacant or underutilized federal space," it said, and "helps eliminate costly maintenance and allows us to reinvest in high-quality work environments that support agency missions."