By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Long-stalled plans to build a new FBI headquarters outside of District limits has taken a stunning, expected turn: The General Services Administration appears to prefer building the bureau’s new home at the current site, the Washington Business Journal reports.
The GSA faces a deadline today to submit a detailed plan to the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works on efforts build a new headquarters.
But the GSA’s apparent endorsement of building on the current site is not the final word because additional appropriations would require congressional approval.
The current headquarters, built in 1974, is dilapidated and no longer useful to the FBI.
A new headquarters is expected to house the 11,000 FBI staff members who are spread across multiple locations in the region.
