Ever since the federal government announced plans to relocate the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s headquarters from the Soviet-style poured concrete architectural monstrosity it currently occupies on Pennsylvania Avenue, local officials in Maryland and Virginia have been working overtime to entice the General Services Administration to pick their jurisdictions for the FBI’s new address.
Last week, U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer and Rep. Donna Edwards upped the ante with a full-court press for Prince George’s County, a jurisdiction still smarting over its failed attempt to lure the 3,000 employee Department of Health and Human Services from neighboring Montgomery County. But GSA should not let such political pressure sway its decision.
