{"id":23684,"date":"2018-09-21T20:22:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/21\/senators-call-for-investigation-into-fbi-building-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:58:53","slug":"senators-call-for-investigation-into-fbi-building-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/09\/21\/senators-call-for-investigation-into-fbi-building-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators call for investigation into FBI building plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six Democratic senators sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Sept. 20, requesting an investigation into the White House\u2019s involvement in rescinding a proposal to consolidate the FBI headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany resources have been devoted over the last decade to this project for which there is consensus that the FBI\u2019s existing headquarters building is in serious disrepair and must be replaced,\u201d wrote Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del.; Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.; Mark Warner, D-Va.; Tim Kaine D-Va.; and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite reaching significant milestones in this process, earlier this year, the [General Services Administration] reversed course and revised its plan for the FBI headquarters consolidation project. This announcement was met with much confusion and skepticism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/gsa\/2017\/08\/03\/taking-congress-by-surprise-fbi-headquarters-consolidation-project-back-to-square-1\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635986637051002242-gettyimages-167959857jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Taking Congress by surprise, FBI headquarters consolidation project back to square 1<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A hearing, entitled \u201cFBI Headquarters Consolidation Project \u2013 What Happened and What\u2019s Next,\u201d called three individuals from organizations overseeing the project to report on the events and considerations leading up to the project\u2019s cancellation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government Accountability Office released a report in 2011, which found that the state of the FBI\u2019s Hoover Building and headquarters annexes did not fulfill agency security, space and condition requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to that report, the FBI noted that a primary concern was the impact fragmenting the workforce across multiple worksites would have on agency operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency initially proposed to build a new headquarters in either Maryland or Virginia that would better suit the agency\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in July 2017, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2017\/07\/11\/feds-ditching-plan-to-move-fbi-hq-out-of-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\">FBI changed course<\/a> and proposed that it keep a portion of its employees in downtown Washington, D.C., moving the rest to other locations in Alabama, Idaho and West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post reported in July that President Donald Trump had personally gotten involved in the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/watchdogs\/2018\/08\/28\/inspector-general-report-trump-involved-in-fbi-hq-decision\/\" target=_blank>GSA inspector general initially reviewed the decision-making<\/a> behind the change, finding that GSA Administrator Emily Murphy\u2019s testimony before the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee had left the misleading impression that she had no discussions with the White House on the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn addition, the IG found discrepancies in the cost comparisons between previous cost estimates and the revised plan for consolidation, concluding that officials are greatly underestimating the cost of keeping the headquarters in the District,\u201d the Senators wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpecifically, the GSA excluded the $750 million value for the J. 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