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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CRATE DARRELL W   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Easterly Government Properties, Inc. [DEA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC., 2101 L STREET NW, SUITE 650 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/06/2018 (Street) WASHINGTON, DC 20037 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 06/06/2018   C   18,210 (1) A $ 0 (1) 29,103 I Easterly Holdings II LLC Common Stock 06/06/2018   J(2)   29,103 D $ 0 (2) 0 I Easterly Holdings II LLC Common Stock               45,000 D   Common Stock               625 I Daughter's UTMA Account (3) Common Stock               2,000 I Daughter's UTMA Account (3) Common Stock               625 I Daughter's UTMA Account (3) (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Partnership Units

(5)

06/06/2018

C(1)(5)

18,210

(5)

(5)

Common Stock

18,210

$ 0

0

I

Easterly Holdings II LLC

Partnership Units

(5)

(5)

(5)

Common Stock

1,035,406

1,035,406

I

By Easterly Capital, LLC

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CRATE DARRELL W C/O EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC. 2101 L STREET NW, SUITE 650 WASHINGTON, DC 20037	X		Chairman

Signatures

/s/ Alison M. Bernard, Attorney-in-fact for Darrell W. Crate		06/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	18,210 common units of limited partnership interest ("Common Units") in Easterly Government Properties LP (the "Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the sole general partner, were redeemed for an equal number of shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock").
(2)	The reporting person transferred his indirect interest in 29,103 shares of Common Stock to a family member, whose ownership is not attributable to the reporting person.
(3)	The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to the shares of Common Stock, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(4)	The reporting person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in 3,000 shares of Common Stock owned by his son and included in the reporting person's prior ownership reports.
(5)	Each Common Unit is redeemable for cash equal to the then fair market value of one share of Common Stock, except that the Issuer may, at its election, acquire each Common Unit so presented for one share of Common Stock. These redemption rights have no expiration date.

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