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The inspector general of the federal government’s real estate arm is looking into the decision to build a new headquarters for the FBI in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The General Services Administration announced the selection Nov. 8, choosing to build on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority-owned land in Prince George’s County over a federally owned site in Springfield, Virginia. The announcement immediately received blowback from the FBI and members of Virginia’s congressional delegation.
In a joint statement, members of Virginia’s congressional delegation called the process “tainted,” citing a letter from FBI Director Christopher Wray asking the GSA to scrap the decision. Wray wrote that a three-person site selection panel unanimously favored Springfield, but then-Public Buildings Service Commissioner Nina Albert, a former WMATA executive, chose the Greenbelt site instead, The Washington Post reported.
Robert Erickson, the acting inspector general of the GSA, confirmed in a letter to Virginia Sen. Mark Warner on Thursday that his staff would look into the FBI headquarters selection.
“My office is initiating an evaluation of GSA’s selection of the site,” Erickson wrote. “Our objective will be to assess the agency’s process and procedures for the site selection to relocate the FBI Headquarters. We intend to begin this work immediately and will share with you and the relevant committees a copy of any report which may result from this evaluation.”
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