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Army's New Home: GSA Warehouses?
By Tom Shoop | Tuesday, May 15, 2007  |  09:25 AM

It sounds like a logical idea: Use land that currently is home to General Services Administration warehouses in Springfield, Va., to provide space for some of the 22,000 employees slated to relocate to Fort Belvoir under the latest Base Realignment and Closure plan. But, as you might guess, it's not that simple, the Examiner reports today. A measure to transfer the land to the Pentagon is included in the fiscal 2008 Defense authorization bill the House is slated to take up this week, but it's still not clear exactly how many jobs the Army wants to relocate to the GSA site, or what will happen to the warehouses. An Army study has found that developing the GSA site could be expensive and that facilities there might not be open by the 2011 deadline set in the BRAC law.



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The Army, as well as the other services, should think about moving more offices/agencies down to the Stafford/Fredericksburg areas. They will save money on lower rent costs and many folks who work for the DOD live in these areas. There will be less cars on the roads (coming up Rte. 95). Better for the environment. A win-win situation. Write your congressmen...

Duane Murphy  | Wednesday, May 16, 2007 |  08:15 AM




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