The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency lists federal leases for eight locations in Delaware, New Jersey and Philadelphia as part of its estimated savings for the federal government.
The local sites are among 97 locations that were listed on the site the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Three sites are in Wilmington, three are in Rehoboth Beach and one is in Philadelphia.
There was initially no description listed for how each site is or was used, but most of them are associated with either the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Defense. The site was updated on Wednesday morning with more details, including that two Wilmington locations, as well as the Philadelphia location and one of the Rehoboth locations were being used by U.S. Secret Service.
As of Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2025, a Ventnor City, New Jersey, property attached to the Officer of the Inspector General was also on the list.
The real estate ranges from 13,441 square feet in Wilmington, to another Wilmington spot listed as “0” square feet. The annual lease costs range from $39,348 to $528,160 according to the DOGE list.
It appears, based on a cross reference with General Services Administration data, that one of the Wilmington sites is an apartment building.
The GSA lists the lease for a location matching the Philadelphia entry as expiring April 9, while one that matches a site in Delaware was set to expire on Monday, Feb. 24.
The DOGE website lists what it describes as “a subset of contract and lease cancellations” along with an “agency efficiency leaderboard” ranking various federal agencies by amount of savings.
DHS referred inquiries about the local locations to the White House and DOGE, while DOD referred a request for information to DOGE.
NBC10 reached out to both the White House and to DOGE with questions about the locations but has not received a response from either.
Source: www.nbcphiladelphia.com…