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transformative power of data in 

modernizing agency missions, digital 

transformation, and enhancing 

organizational capabilities. Expect to 

gain a deeper understanding of how the 

alignment of AI and data management 

can unleash sustained and responsible 

value within Federal agencies. Don’t 

miss out on this opportunity to be part 

of crucial conversations that will shape 

the future of Federal agency operations. 

DATES: The CDO Council Symposium 

will be held in-person on Thursday, 

November 21, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 

p.m. eastern time (ET). 

ADDRESSES: GSA Headquarters, 1800 F 

St NW, Washington, DC 20405 within 

the Jess Mellon Auditorium. 

This is an in-person event. All 

attendees, including industry partners, 

must register for the event here: https:// 

www.ticketsource.us/federal-cdocouncil/federal-cdo-council-presentsdata-powers-mission-transformingbusiness-and-mission-with-data/epqaaqq. 

Members of the press are invited to 

attend but are required to register with 

the GSA press office (via email press@

gsa.gov) by Thursday, November 14, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ariel Crawford and Ashley Jackson, 

Senior Advisors, Office of Shared 

Solutions and Performance 

Improvement, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services 

Administration, 1800 F Street NW, 

(Mail-code: MY), Washington, DC 

20405, at 301–653–7198 (Ariel 

Crawford) and 202–538–2897 (Ashley 

Jackson), or cdocstaff@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Procedures for Attendance 

Register to attend the Symposium via 

the Registration https://

www.ticketsource.us/federal-cdocouncil/federal-cdo-council-presentsdata-powers-mission-transformingbusiness-and-mission-with-data/epqaaqq. Attendees must register by 5 

p.m. ET, on Friday, November 15, 2024. 

Space is limited and available based on 

registration. (GSA will be unable to 

provide technical assistance to 

attendees during the meeting.) Members 

of the press are invited to attend but are 

required to register with the GSA press 

office (via email press@gsa.gov) by 

Thursday, November 14, 2024. 

Accommodations 

This meeting will include American 

Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. To 

request additional accommodations for 

a disability, please contact cdocstaff@

gsa.gov at least seven (7) calendar days 

prior to the meeting to allow as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Background 

The Federal Chief Data Officers (CDO) 

Council was established by the 

Foundations for Evidence-Based 

Policymaking Act (Pub. L. 115–435), 

which also requires all Federal agencies 

to appoint a CDO. The Council’s vision 

is to improve government mission 

achievement and increase the benefits to 

the Nation through improvement in the 

management, use, protection, 

dissemination, and generation of data in 

government decision-making and 

operations. The CDO Council has more 

than 90 member CDOs from across the 

Federal Government, as well as 

representatives from the Office of 

Management and Budget, and other key 

councils and committees. The CDO 

Council has working groups that focus 

on critical topics as well as committees 

that help Federal agencies connect and 

collaborate. The CDO Council also 

works with other interagency executive 

councils on data related topics and 

activities. 

The CDO Council Symposium is for 

Federal employees as well as any 

members of the public, including 

industry, civil society, academia, and 

any users of Federal Government data. 

As a result of this meeting, participants 

will gain insights from Federal leaders 

leveraging data to transform mission 

delivery and understand the alignment 

of AI and data management for 

sustained value in Federal agencies. 

Live Speakers (Subject To Change 

Without Notice.) 

Hosted by: Federal CDO Council 

Agenda Topic Areas 

November 21, 2024 Symposium Focus 

Areas 

• Data as a strategic enabler for mission 

and business delivery 

• Partnership with CDO’s, CAIO’s, 

CIO’s and other executive functions in 

the Federal Government 

• Culture and workforce engagement 

• The CDO Council’s value to the 

Federal Government 

• Strategic partnership in delivery of 

the Evidence Act 

Ariel Crawford, 

Senior Advisor CDO Council, Office of Shared 

Solutions and Performance Improvement, 

General Services Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–69–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice-PBS–2024–10; Docket No. 2024– 

0002; Sequence No. 43] 

Notice of Inquiry Regarding 

Sustainable Leasing 

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service (PBS), 

Office of Leasing, General Services 

Administration, (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice; Request for Information 

(RFI). 

SUMMARY: GSA is exploring solutions 

toward achieving higher sustainability 

standards in federally leased locations. 

GSA is publishing this notice to request 

comments to help us understand the 

overall impacts of advanced 

sustainability requirements related to 

executing green leases. At this time, 

GSA has not determined whether or not 

it will work towards a notice of 

proposed rulemaking to address this 

topic. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat as noted below on or before 

December 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to this inquiry to: https://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for ‘‘Notice of Inquiry 

Regarding Sustainable Leasing’’. Follow 

the instructions provided at the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please include 

your name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘Notice of Inquiry Regarding 

Sustainable Leasing’’ on your attached 

document. 

Instructions: Comments received 

generally will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check https://

www.regulations.gov, approximately 

two-to-three days after submission to 

verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Ms. 

Elizabeth Brown, Realty Specialist at 

elizabeth.brown@gsa.gov or 202–355– 

3822. For information pertaining to 

status or publication schedules, contact 

the Regulatory Secretariat at 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov or 202–501–4755. 

Please cite ‘‘GSA Sustainable Leasing 

Inquiry’’. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

GSA has incorporated green 

requirements into its Request for Lease 

Proposal (RLP) and Lease documents for 


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the past 25 years. These green 

requirements are driven by statutes, 

federal policies, Executive Orders, and 

various industry standards. They 

include provisions related to Energy 

Star, third-party green ratings, HVAC 

and commissioning, indoor air quality, 

water conservation, sustainable 

products, and landlord reporting of 

energy and water consumption. 

In December 2021, President Biden 

issued Executive Order 14057 on 

Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and 

Jobs Through Federal Sustainability 

(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefingroom/presidential-actions/2021/12/08/ 

executive-order-on-catalyzing-cleanenergy-industries-and-jobs-throughfederal-sustainability/) which was 

accompanied by OMB Memorandum 

(M–22–06 (https://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

wp-content/uploads/2021/12/M-22- 

06.pdf). This Executive Order set new 

climate and sustainability goals for the 

Federal government, with the target of a 

net-zero emissions building portfolio by 

2045. 

Per the OMB memorandum (M–22– 

06), ‘‘. . . all new (including newreplacing, succeeding, and superseding) 

leases entered into after September 30, 

2023, for at least 25,000 rentable square 

feet in a building where the Federal 

Government leases at least 75 percent of 

the total building square footage are 

green leases. Such green leases must 

require the lessor to report to the agency 

annual data on facility greenhouse gas 

emissions, energy consumption, water 

consumption, and waste generation 

. . .’’ (Section I.F.2). The Implementing 

Instructions for E.O. 14057 (https://

www.sustainability.gov/pdfs/EO_14057_

Implementing_Instructions.pdf) further 

clarify that these requirements will be 

measured for ‘‘[all] new lease 

solicitations issued after September 30, 

2023, for at least 25,000 rentable square 

feet (RSF) where the Federal 

Government occupies at least 75 percent 

of a building are to be green leases.’’ 

(Section 4.4.13). 

The E.O. 14057 Implementing 

Instructions further require the 

following: 

‘‘GSA must issue green lease 

standards and guidelines to be applied 

to Federal leases, including provisions 

that promote a standard framework for 

lessor reporting of emissions, energy, 

water, and waste associated with leased 

space. Agencies with independent 

leasing authority must incorporate the 

guidelines and language into agencyspecific leasing policies and 

procedures.’’ 

GSA issued the Green Lease 

Standards and Guidelines, (https://

www.gsa.gov/system/files/ 

GLSG%20Final%20-%209_28_

23%20C%20V2.pdf) Version 1.0 on 

September 29, 2023. These standards 

reflect a core set of green requirements 

that are included in federal leases. 

II. Purpose 

This inquiry is an important step 

towards exploring implementation 

instructions on how to successfully 

advance green leasing requirements into 

leasing solutions. 

GSA is considering adding more 

advanced green leasing requirements to 

lease solicitations. These requirements 

would apply to leases that are 25,000 

rentable square feet or greater where the 

government collectively occupies at 

least 75 percent of the building. GSA 

has identified several optional 

requirements from GLSG Version 1.0 to 

include as required in a Version 2.0 

update. This RFI seeks to understand 

how the commercial real estate market 

will meet these advanced sustainability 

requirements and any potential impact 

they will have on rental rates. 

The key sustainability solutions that 

are being explored include: 

electrification of equipment upon 

replacement or end-of-life, the use of 

energy efficient equipment, periodic 

recommissioning, and landlord tracking 

and reporting of operational energy 

usage and waste management. 

II.A. Electrification of Building Systems 

GSA is reviewing energy efficiency as 

it relates to the electrification of major 

base building systems, meaning less 

reliance on fossil fuels for leases that are 

25,000 rentable square feet or greater, 

where the federal government 

collectively occupies at least 75 percent 

of a building. GSA is considering 

requiring that upon replacement or endof-life, building equipment used for 

heating, cooling, ventilation, and 

domestic hot water be changed from 

equipment relying on fossil fuels to 

equipment using electricity as the 

power source. 

II.B. Use of Energy Efficient Equipment 

For leases that are 25,000 rentable 

square feet or greater, where the federal 

government collectively occupies at 

least 75 percent of a building, GSA is 

considering requiring that energyefficient equipment or components that 

follow the minimum performance 

requirements of Energy Star labeled or 

Federal Energy Management Program 

(FEMP)-designated program standards 

be installed for major base building 

systems (heating, cooling, ventilation, 

process loads, and domestic hot water) 

upon the end-of-life or replacement of 

current equipment. 

II.C. Periodic Recommissioning 

For leases that are 25,000 rentable 

square feet or greater and where the 

federal government collectively 

occupies at least 75 percent of a 

building, GSA is considering requiring a 

building owner to periodically 

recommission the major systems related 

to HVAC, controls, lighting, and 

domestic hot water based on relevant 

industry standards, to optimize systems 

and to maintain and enhance energy 

efficiency. 

II.D. Reporting of Waste Generation 

For leases that are 25,000 rentable 

square feet or greater and where the 

federal government collectively 

occupies at least 75 percent of a 

building, GSA is considering requiring 

the building owner to track and report 

waste generation, including municipal 

solid waste (trash and recycling), and 

construction and demolition debris. 

II.E. Lessor Tracking/Reporting of the 

Government Tenants’ Energy Use 

For leases that are 25,000 rentable 

square feet or greater, and where the 

federal government collectively 

occupies at least 75 percent of a 

building, GSA is considering requiring 

the building owner to track and report 

energy use for federal government 

tenants independent from nongovernment tenants. This could include 

estimating the government’s annual 

energy use if tenant level submeters are 

not available. 

III. Request for Operational and 

Economic Information 

GSA seeks responses to the questions 

listed below. Please explain the 

reasoning behind your responses in 

detail. Also, please provide any data, 

studies, or other evidence that supports 

your response. 

In your response please include your 

contact information, your business 

socio-economic category if applicable, 

and a brief description of your business. 

GSA also seeks to better understand 

what industry changes are feasible from 

an economic perspective. GSA seeks 

economic data and consumer research 

to help increase its understanding of the 

impact that added sustainability 

requirements will have on rental rates 

for government leases in multiple 

markets. In your response please 

consider some of the questions below. 

To help GSA review comments 

efficiently, identify the question to 

which you are responding by its 

associated number and letter (e.g., 

‘‘IV.2.a’’) or whether you are 

commenting on a topic not listed below. 


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IV. Questions for Industry 

(1.) What measures would be required 

to transition to electric, non-fossil fuel 

using equipment for major building 

systems (heating, cooling, ventilation, 

and domestic hot water), upon the 

equipment’s replacement or end-of-life? 

(a.) What are the constraints or 

obstacles associated with this 

transition? 

(b.) Please provide an estimate of the 

impact, if any, that electrification of 

building equipment would have on 

rental rates for government leases. 

Please identify the estimated costs and 

savings associated with implementing 

electrification. 

(2.) What are the steps needed to shift 

toward using energy efficient equipment 

for building systems that follow the 

minimum performance requirements of 

Energy Star or FEMP-designated 

program standards (upon replacement 

or end-of-life)? 

(a.) Are there challenges with 

obtaining energy efficient equipment 

and components for major building 

systems, or following the minimum 

performance requirements of Energy 

Star or FEMP-designated program 

standards for a federal leased space? If 

yes, what are those market challenges? 

(b.) What impact on rental rates, if 

any, would installing energy efficient 

equipment and components for major 

building systems, or following the 

minimum performance requirements of 

Energy Star or FEMP-designated 

program standards? 

(3.) If periodic recommissioning is 

required, what is the appropriate 

frequency that major building systems 

should be recommissioned? 

(a.) Are there commercial industry 

standards for building recommissioning 

that we should consider using? 

(b.) What parameters should we 

consider using if we chose to include 

recommissioning requirements (eg: 

percentage of government occupancy; 

size of lease; term of lease)? 

(c.) What impact would periodic 

recommissioning requirements have on 

rental rates? 

(4.) Are building owners currently 

required to track and report waste 

generation (related to trash, recyclables, 

and construction & demolition debris) 

in your local jurisdictions (city, county, 

etc.)? 

(a.) What, if any, impact would this 

type of waste tracking and reporting 

have on the proposed rental rates for 

federal government leases? 

(5.) Given the thresholds of 25,000 

rentable square feet or greater and at 

least 75 percent federal government 

occupancy, would any of the 5 key 

sustainability solutions reflected in 

Section II of this RFI prevent building 

owners from offering space to the 

government on a competitive lease 

procurement? 

(6.) Are all or any of the 5 key 

sustainability solutions reflected in 

Section II of this RFI currently required 

by any building owners in jurisdictions 

or markets that you are familiar with 

(city, county, etc)? 

(a.) If so, which solutions, and which 

markets? 

(b.) Have building owners been able to 

meet the requirements like these in 

markets you are familiar with, and what 

impact, if any, have they had on rental 

rates? 

(7.) Please identify additional 

advanced sustainability requirements 

that GSA should consider in the pursuit 

of a more sustainable leased inventory. 

(a.) What are they? 

(b.) What are the expected impacts on 

rental rates for government leases 

associated with your recommendations? 

Crofton Whitfield, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Leasing, 

Public Buildings Service, General Services 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–BT–P 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Comptroller General’s Advisory 

Council on Standards for Internal 

Control in the Federal Government; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Government 

Accountability Office. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) is revising 

the Standards for Internal Control in the 

Federal Government, known as the 

Green Book. As part of the revision 

process, GAO will hold a meeting of the 

Comptroller General’s Advisory Council 

on Standards for Internal Control in the 

Federal Government (Advisory Council) 

on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to provide input 

and recommendations on revisions to 

the Green Book. The purpose of this 

meeting is to discuss proposed revisions 

as a result of comments received on the 

June 2024 Green Book Exposure Draft. 

The meeting will be virtual and is open 

to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 10 

a.m. to 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be virtual 

only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the meeting or 

the Green Book, please contact Carrie 

Morrison, Assistant Director, Financial 

Management and Assurance, 

MorrisonC@gao.gov or (202) 512–4689. 

To request a reasonable accommodation 

(RA) for this meeting, email GAO’s RA 

office at ReasonableAccommodations@

gao.gov. Please request all 

accommodations at least five business 

days prior to the meeting (by October 

23, 2024). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any 

interested person may attend the virtual 

meeting as an observer. Members of the 

public will have an opportunity to 

address the Advisory Council with brief 

(five- minute) presentations on matters 

directly related to the proposed updates 

and revisions. Any interested person 

who plans to attend the virtual meeting 

as an observer must contact Carrie 

Morrison, Assistant Director, at (202) 

512–4689, before October 23, 2024. The 

meeting agenda will be available upon 

request one week before the meeting. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3512(c), (d). 

James R. Dalkin, 

Director, Financial Management and 

Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 1610–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Request for Information (RFI): To 

Inform the Development of the 2026– 

2030 National HIV/AIDS Strategy and 

the National Strategic Plans for 

Sexually Transmitted Infections, 

Vaccines, and Viral Hepatitis 

AGENCY: Office of Infectious Disease and 

HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this Request for 

Information (RFI), the Office of 

Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy 

(OIDP) in the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health (OASH) in the 

Office of the Secretary, Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), 

invites feedback from Federal, State, 

Tribal, territorial, and local 

governments; community-based 

organizations and faith-based 

organizations; Urban Indian 

Organizations; health plans and payers; 

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