FBI HQ kaput

      The Trump Administration has canceled longstanding plans to replace the deteriorating FBI headquarters in Washington, DC with a new building. Several locations were being considered in Maryland and Virginia.

      The General Services Administration told the Associated Press that it does not have enough funding to build the new headquarters.

      The FBI needed $1.4 billion but Congress had appropriated about $500 million, the AP said.

      “Moving forward without full funding puts the government at risk for cost escalations,” and could reduce the value of the existing building, the GSA said in a statement to the AP. “The cancellation of the project does not lessen the need for a new FBI headquarters. GSA and FBI will continue to work together to address the space requirements of the FBI.” A GAO report in 2014 said the current building does not meet the FBI’s security requirements.

      Three finalist sites in Maryland and Virginia were being considered.

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