Posted on 11/09/2023 6:52:15 AM PST by re_tail20
The Biden administration has chosen a location for a new FBI headquarters in Maryland, the General Services Administration confirmed Wednesday, as the suburban Washington location was selected over nearby Virginia following a sharp competition between the two states.
The site is planned for Greenbelt, about 13 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of Washington.
"GSA looks forward to building the FBI a state-of-the-art headquarters campus in Greenbelt to advance their critical mission for years to come," Robin Carnahan, the GSA administrator, said. "Thank you to everyone at GSA, DOJ, FBI, Congress, and others who helped reach this important milestone after a comprehensive, multi-year effort."
The GSA also noted that Greenbelt was determined to be the best site because it came at the lowest cost to taxpayers, provided the greatest transportation access to FBI employees and visitors, and gave the government the most certainty on a project delivery schedule.
Consideration for a new headquarters has been going on for more than a decade, and in recent months the FBI has expressed concern about the site selection process.
Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland said the location in his state was ideal because of access to mass transit and because the cost to taxpayers would be significantly less there.
"We're very happy about this location. We've got a lot more work to do," Cardin said. The choice was first reported by The Washington Post.
In a joint statement, Maryland's elected leaders applauded the decision and said their push to bring the FBI headquarters there was "never about politics" and the new facility would meet a "dire, longstanding need for a new consolidated headquarters."
Democrat Maryland Gov. Wes Moore argued in recent months that building it there would be fast, save taxpayers $1 billion and meet equity goals raised by President Joe Biden, with a...
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Probably would be better to put it in the middle of the Atlantic.
My son lives a few minutes from there. He’s been floating the idea of getting a new job out of state. This pretty much settled it for him.
The FBI located in a blue state...what could go wrong?
Mars would be perfect—we need to make sure the white nationalists don’t take over that planet.
;-)
Please reconsider, Green Bank Alaska.
Should put it in Eagle Pass.
Feds have empty buildings all over the nation. How about using one of those instead of building new?
a state-of-the-art headquarters campus in Greenbelt to advance their critical mission for years to come..
Their critical mission is not good.
End it, don’t mend it.
MD is the DC swamp’s back yard.
Their critical missions of stealing elections, silencing dissent, arresting or murdering critics of the regime, intimidating or killing gun owners, etc. Yeah, that mission. Next up: disappearing people.
Build the new HQ on Midway Island.
They should build it in GAZA. That way all the FBI pukes wouldn’t have to make long distance calls to their Hamas buddies.
Or Moscow. Idaho.
“Equity goals...”
/Hurl
At least that end of the state.
Hopefully they won’t get too far along in the process before Trump gets back in and shuts down the FBI completely.
(Hey, I can dream can’t I?)
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