Dive Brief:

• The federal government is planning to build a $540 million civilian “cyber campus” in the Washington area for agencies responsible for cybersecurity.

• The campus would “co-locate” cybersecurity specialists who work for various federal agencies on a 650,000-square-foot campus, according to President Barack Obama’s 2015 fiscal budget.

• The General Services Administration, which released details of the plan this week, said agencies that employ cybersecurity professionals, including the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, Immigration Customs and Enforcement, the Secret Service, and the FBI, already occupy 630,000 square feet of office space throughout the D.C. region.

Dive Insight:

The move to consolidate space for the civilian cybersecurity function will do more than help coordinate efforts among agencies. It also will save the federal government $70 million in rent over 30 years, the GSA estimated.

Approximately 92% of federal cybersecurity professionals work in space leased from private landlords, The Washington Business Journal reported.