The Biden administration will spend nearly $300 million revamping the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters in Washington with money from the Inflation Reduction Act.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, the DHS and General Services Administration announced three major additions to the department's headquarters in southeast Washington and touted them as beneficial to its 260,000 employees and the taxpayers."We are, through all of that, not only helping DHS achieve its important mission but also making sure we're using the best sustainable building practices to do that," GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan said.
It is also a sign the embattled immigration agency will not be abolished any time soon despite liberal lawmakers and activists' pleas to do away with it. The government will undertake a third project at the DHS headquarters and install a parking garage and security checkpoints across the campus, which used to be the site of St. Elizabeths Hospital. Construction of the hospital began in 1852, and buildings on the 176-acre federally owned land are historical landmarks.
The addition of two agency headquarters on DHS property has been years in the making. The DHS was stood up 20 years ago and brought multiple agencies under one roof, including those with offices in different parts of the region.
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