This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A plan is being developed by a Senate advocate for the Department of Government Efficiency to sell off multiple federal buildings in Washington, D.C., worth an estimated $500 million.
The buildings are underutilized now, and they just are costing taxpayers a pile of money to keep open and maintained.
The new "For Sale Ace" targets six buildings, including the James Forrestal Federal Building that holds the Department of Energy.
Workers still occupying offices in those buildings will be relocated.
It's part of the DOGE campaign to address the nation's $36 trillion national debt.
The Forrestal Federal Building, known also as the "Little Pentagon," and other buildings were listed following reports from the Office of Management and Budget and the Government Accountability Office about the millions of dollars in costs in keeping and maintaining buildings where only a few of the offices are occupied.
Across the nation, maintenance for federal buildings costs more than $10 billion a year and ridding the government of some of them offers considerable cast savings.
A report at Fox News explained Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, points out in her planning that no layoffs would be part of the sales, as the workers would move.
Also on the list would be outbuildings for the Agriculture Department, one of which is at 25% capacity and needs nearly $2 billion in upgrades.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. building also is listed. It houses the Department of Health and Human Services. Also the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Theodore Roosevelt Building and Frances Perkins Federal Building.
The report notes that safeguards have been written into the legislation so that no unfriendly entities, like China, would be allowed to purchase. Nor would any group in which a foreign national is a "beneficial owner."
The OMB previously reported that taxpayers are charged $81 million to maintain underused federal offices.
"About 7,700 federal office spaces are vacant and 2,200 are majority-empty, according to a Congressional Research Service report," Fox reported.
DOGE already has addressed the sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building, with 1.2 million square feet of offices and only 72 people.
