The Office of Inspector General for the General Services Administration plans to investigate the agency's site selection process for the FBI's new headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The federal landlord agency says it can deliver a "telework dividend" and slash government's office space by as much as 30% over the coming years, saving billions of dollars a year, but it will take an initial investment from Congress to get it done.
Senior lawmakers demanded Tuesday that an inspector general investigate the Biden administration's decision to move the FBI's headquarters to Maryland, saying the process was "contaminated" by political dealings.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Thursday he will try to block the move of FBI headquarters to Maryland, citing FBI Director Christopher A. Wray's concerns last month about "fairness" in the site selection process.
The federal government's chief landlord agency said Wednesday it has identified 23 properties it will try to dispose of because the pandemic and more lenient telework policies have turned offices into ghost towns.