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Delivering Results Through Deregulation: How GSA Streamlined Federal Policy in 2025

This blog is part of a series highlighting our progress this year.

In 2025, GSA recommitted to its founding purpose. Working smarter and faster, the agency was able to eliminate billions in wasteful spending, scale technology across government, streamline government policy, and begin right-sizing the federal real estate portfolio in earnest. GSA led one of the most comprehensive modernization efforts in federal history, eliminating outdated and duplicative requirements and positioning GSA as the government’s leader in smart, efficient management policy. This effort is projected to save taxpayers $900 million over the next decade while maintaining safeguards and strengthening mission delivery across government.

This initiative supports broad deregulation and modernization outlined in several key Executive Orders (EOs):

• EO 14148 – Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
• EO 14179 – Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
• EO 14192 – Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
• EO 14219 – Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations
• EO 14240 – Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement
• EO 14275 – Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement
• EO 14271 – Ensuring Commercial Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts 

Building on this clear direction from the Administration, GSA’s Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) translated executive priorities into practical, measurable reforms and partnered with FAR Council members to overhaul the FAR resulting in:

• Reduction of the FAR by roughly one-quarter, eliminating 484 pages and 230,000 words.
• Removal of 114 provisions and clauses, along with 2,724 “must-do” statements.

Modernizing Policy for a Modern Government

OGP’s 2025 deregulatory reform effort also included a top-to-bottom review of the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) and Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), the foundational policies that govern how federal agencies manage property, transportation, and travel.

Key regulations reviewed under this initiative include:

• FMR: Sets policy for how agencies manage federal real property, personal property, motor vehicles, mail, transportation, aviation, and federal advisory committees. The 2025 update resulted in the reduction of approximately 72 percent of the regulation within these policy domains.
• FTR: Sets policy for federal employee travel and relocation to guide agencies on travel authorizations and reimbursement for approved travel expenses including, subsistence, transportation and miscellaneous expenses. The 2025 update streamlined about 50 percent of the regulation to align with current travel practices and cost-saving goals.

GSA also removed 84 outdated policy bulletins from the Federal Register, eliminating nearly 200 pages of duplicative or obsolete requirements. These actions streamline management policy, align regulations with current Administration priorities, and are projected to save taxpayers $19.3 million over the next decade.

Together these actions mark one of the most comprehensive policy modernizations in recent history, creating a simpler, more effective regulatory foundation that helps agencies deliver better results for the American people.