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| DHS HQ Late and ... Over Budget! |
| 2012-12-06 |
| Unexpectedly! Constructing the new Department of Homeland Security headquarters will cost $600 million more than originally expected and take six years longer to complete, according to the department's latest estimates. The initial plan called for $3.45 billion to consolidate DHS operations on the site of the former St. Elizabeths Hospital campus in southeast Washington by the end of fiscal 2016. Ironically - perhaps - that's the site of the old looney bin. But delays caused by congressional budget cuts have driven the cost of the project up to $4.06 billion and will drag completion out to fiscal 2022, according to the estimates. The department originally planned to relocate more than 14,000 workers from more than 180 offices and reduce its leased offices in the Washington area to fewer than 12 by fiscal 2016. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 E.G. RENSE > NEARLY ALL AMERICANS ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE. The SSSSSHHHHH ... CCCCCCCC OWG NAU-happy Fed wants more, NOT less. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-06 21:27 |
| #2 'Tis NOT the buildin' per se, renovation or expansion, etc. but the external tie-ins -database(s) linky-linkies. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-06 21:25 |
| #1 That's is what happens when a new agency is created (new under GW)! It is not apparent yet the right hand knows what the left hand is doing because this agency was created. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-12-06 17:44 |