Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
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)
01/04/2018
(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

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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
LTIP Units (1) (2) 01/04/2018   A   5,018     (1)(2)   (2) Common Stock 5,018 $ 0 5,018 D  
LTIP Units (3) (2) 01/04/2018   A   8,578     (2)(3)   (2) Common Stock 8,578 $ 0 8,578 D  
LTIP Units (4) (2) 01/04/2018   A   13,218     (2)(4)   (2) Common Stock 13,218 $ 0 13,218 D  

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   01/05/2018
**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) Represents a target number of LTIP Units in Easterly Government Properties LP (the "Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner, granted as long-term incentive compensation pursuant to the Issuer's 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan") that may be earned based on the Issuer's performance through December 31, 2018. Subject to continued employment, 50% of the earned LTIP Units will vest when earned and 50% of the earned LTIP Units will vest on January 4, 2020.
(2) Conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes, each vested LTIP Unit may be converted, at the election of the holder, into a common unit of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (a "Common Unit"). Each Common Unit acquired upon conversion of an LTIP Unit may be presented for redemption, at the election of the holder, for cash equal to the fair market value of a share of the Issuer's Common Stock, except that the Issuer may, at its election, acquire each Common Unit so presented for one share of Common Stock. LTIP Units are generally not convertible without the consent of the Issuer until two years from the date of the grant. The rights to convert vested LTIP Units into Common Units and redeem Common Units do not have expiration dates.
(3) Represents a target number of LTIP Units in the Operating Partnership granted as long-term incentive compensation pursuant to the Plan that may be earned based on the Issuer's performance through December 31, 2019. Subject to continued employment, 50% of the earned LTIP Units will vest when earned and 50% of the earned LTIP Units will vest on January 4, 2021.
(4) Represents a target number of LTIP Units in the Operating Partnership granted as long-term incentive compensation pursuant to the Plan that may be earned based on the Issuer's performance through December 31, 2020. Subject to continued employment, 50% of the earned LTIP Units will vest when earned and 50% of the earned LTIP Units will vest on January 4, 2022.

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