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Visiting or Working in Federal Buildings

View on the Independence Avenue

The federal community in the greater Washington, DC area counts on GSA to provide world class work space and services. GSA's National Capital Region is the proud steward of some of the most beautiful and historic buildings in the nation's capital.

Federal agency tenants having questions or requiring services should contact the GSA Service Center responsible for their agency. GSA has four (4) Service Centers in the National Capital Region to serve customer's real estate and workspace needs.

Visitors to Federal Buildings

In general, federal building hours of operation are from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Visitors to agencies within a federal building should check with that agency for its respective business hours. Generally, visitors must have a valid picture ID and are required to submit to a security screening process to gain entrance to the building.

GSA manages over 651 buildings in Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia, including seventy historic buildings and six national landmarks. These 151 federally-owned buildings comprise 37.7 million rentable square feet (RSF), while 500 leased buildings comprise 50 million RSF managed by GSA.

Visitors interested in exploring GSA's historic and award-winning structures can learn more about them on the Enhancing the Community or Heritage Tourism pages.

Working in Federal Buildings

Photo of Commerce buildingFederal agencies can depend on GSA to provide a full scope of realty services including space planning, space programming, and design services; construction management services; and advisory services to develop the best housing solutions for their work space needs.

Looking for convention, meeting and event space? It is available in many GSA-managed federal buildings (availability may be limited due to several factors). For any questions or concerns, contact NCR's Office of Customer Service.

For any facility-related questions, concerns or requests, please contact the appropriate NCR Service Center Representative, listed by agency in the NCR Service Center Directory.

Last Reviewed 1/21/2009