GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of ‘nonstop’ surveillance

The General Services Administration is bracing for deep cuts under the new Trump administration. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The General Services Administration, which manages federal real estate and contracts, plans to slash its budget in half and ramp up monitoring of remaining staff — a model that might soon be deployed across most of the rest of the federal government.

The specifics of the plans inside GSA, including to halve the costs of programs, contracts and salaries, were described to NPR by two GSA officials

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