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WASHINGTON - Hundreds of offices across the country will become empty this summer as the federal government plans to cancel leases in nearly every state. The mass cancelling of leases is part of the frenetic and error-riddled push by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to terminate leases because they say they waste money. Musk's Department of Government Efficiency maintains a list of canceled real estate leases on its website, but internal documents obtained by The Associated Press contain a crucial detail: when those cancellations are expected to take effect. DOGE closings list
The documents from inside the General Services Administration, the U.S. government's real estate manager, list dozens of federal office and building leases expected to end by June 30, with hundreds more slated over the coming months. The rapid pace of cancellations has raised alarms, with some agencies and lawmakers appealing to DOGE to exempt specific buildings. Several agencies are facing 20 or more lease cancellations in all, including the IRS, the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Geological Survey. Many of the terminations would affect agencies that aren't as well-known but oversee services critical to many Americans. Alabama
Alaska
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There are no lease cancellations listed in Pennsylvania. Rhode Island
South Carolina
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The Source: This report includes information from The Associated Press, which created the list via documents obtained from the General Services Administration, then compiled and organized by FOX Television Stations.
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