Fairfax versus PG for new FBI Headquarters gets ugly

[Anonymous]

A PP already posted above, I am posting an excerpt from the NY Times:


Christopher A. Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday blasted the Biden administration’s selection of Greenbelt, Md., for the bureau’s new headquarters, citing a flawed process and suggesting that a top federal official had a conflict of interest.

Mr. Wray’s efforts to cast doubt on the selection could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement late Wednesday seemed to mark the end of a decade-long bureaucratic scrum.

In an unusually blunt rebuke of the Biden administration, Mr. Wray claimed that officials with the General Services Administration, which oversees the management and development of federal properties, demanded that the F.B.I. relocate to suburban Maryland, even though an alternative site in Springfield, Va., scored better on a checklist of selection criteria.

“I had hoped this message would include our enthusiastic support for the way G.S.A. arrived at its selection,” Mr. Wray said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have concerns about fairness and transparency in the process and G.S.A.’s failure to adhere to its own site selection plan.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A PP already posted above, I am posting an excerpt from the NY Times:


Christopher A. Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday blasted the Biden administration’s selection of Greenbelt, Md., for the bureau’s new headquarters, citing a flawed process and suggesting that a top federal official had a conflict of interest.

Mr. Wray’s efforts to cast doubt on the selection could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement late Wednesday seemed to mark the end of a decade-long bureaucratic scrum.

In an unusually blunt rebuke of the Biden administration, Mr. Wray claimed that officials with the General Services Administration, which oversees the management and development of federal properties, demanded that the F.B.I. relocate to suburban Maryland, even though an alternative site in Springfield, Va., scored better on a checklist of selection criteria.

“I had hoped this message would include our enthusiastic support for the way G.S.A. arrived at its selection,” Mr. Wray said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have concerns about fairness and transparency in the process and G.S.A.’s failure to adhere to its own site selection plan.”

I think this is totally inappropriate from Wray unless he's got evidence of bribery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A PP already posted above, I am posting an excerpt from the NY Times:


Christopher A. Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday blasted the Biden administration’s selection of Greenbelt, Md., for the bureau’s new headquarters, citing a flawed process and suggesting that a top federal official had a conflict of interest.

Mr. Wray’s efforts to cast doubt on the selection could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement late Wednesday seemed to mark the end of a decade-long bureaucratic scrum.

In an unusually blunt rebuke of the Biden administration, Mr. Wray claimed that officials with the General Services Administration, which oversees the management and development of federal properties, demanded that the F.B.I. relocate to suburban Maryland, even though an alternative site in Springfield, Va., scored better on a checklist of selection criteria.

“I had hoped this message would include our enthusiastic support for the way G.S.A. arrived at its selection,” Mr. Wray said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have concerns about fairness and transparency in the process and G.S.A.’s failure to adhere to its own site selection plan.”

I think this is totally inappropriate from Wray unless he's got evidence of bribery.

He’s way over-stepping here. It’s not his decision.

What would be the point of “bribery”? It’s transferring the land from one government entity (WMATA - created by Congress) to another government entity (DoJ for benefit of FBI). There’s no private land owner involved here.

Such a dumb line of argument to bring up “conflict of interest.”

What Wray is really worried about is that this move will like change the future culture of the FBI by attracting a more diverse work force. All those clowns in the IC who ignored J6 are going apoplectic that they have to go to PG County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax County Development Association President Gerry Gordon’s comments at a forum went too far.
According to the Washington Business Journal, Gordon said the FBI would be appropriate for Prince George’s County because that’s where the agency would find the people it picks up.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Controversial-Comments-in-Campaign-to-Land-New-FBI-Headquarters-197704711.html

He should be fired for that racist comment!!

Talk about a petulant sore loser.

[Anonymous]

Wray does not own the agency.

He needs to be replaced. He had been there so long, he thinks he is a CEO!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A PP already posted above, I am posting an excerpt from the NY Times:


Christopher A. Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday blasted the Biden administration’s selection of Greenbelt, Md., for the bureau’s new headquarters, citing a flawed process and suggesting that a top federal official had a conflict of interest.

Mr. Wray’s efforts to cast doubt on the selection could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement late Wednesday seemed to mark the end of a decade-long bureaucratic scrum.

In an unusually blunt rebuke of the Biden administration, Mr. Wray claimed that officials with the General Services Administration, which oversees the management and development of federal properties, demanded that the F.B.I. relocate to suburban Maryland, even though an alternative site in Springfield, Va., scored better on a checklist of selection criteria.

“I had hoped this message would include our enthusiastic support for the way G.S.A. arrived at its selection,” Mr. Wray said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have concerns about fairness and transparency in the process and G.S.A.’s failure to adhere to its own site selection plan.”

I think this is totally inappropriate from Wray unless he's got evidence of bribery.

He’s way over-stepping here. It’s not his decision.

What would be the point of “bribery”? It’s transferring the land from one government entity (WMATA - created by Congress) to another government entity (DoJ for benefit of FBI). There’s no private land owner involved here.

Such a dumb line of argument to bring up “conflict of interest.”

What Wray is really worried about is that this move will like change the future culture of the FBI by attracting a more diverse work force. All those clowns in the IC who ignored J6 are going apoplectic that they have to go to PG County.[/quote
The administration official was the head of GSA’s Public Building Service. Funny how she bolted from GSA just a few short weeks before this announcement. Anyway, she has ties to greenbelt. More importantly, in procurement the basic rule is you don’t change the evaluation criteria after receipt of proposals. And that is exactly what Nina Albert did. So Wray is NOT off base at all on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A PP already posted above, I am posting an excerpt from the NY Times:


Christopher A. Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday blasted the Biden administration’s selection of Greenbelt, Md., for the bureau’s new headquarters, citing a flawed process and suggesting that a top federal official had a conflict of interest.

Mr. Wray’s efforts to cast doubt on the selection could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement late Wednesday seemed to mark the end of a decade-long bureaucratic scrum.

In an unusually blunt rebuke of the Biden administration, Mr. Wray claimed that officials with the General Services Administration, which oversees the management and development of federal properties, demanded that the F.B.I. relocate to suburban Maryland, even though an alternative site in Springfield, Va., scored better on a checklist of selection criteria.

“I had hoped this message would include our enthusiastic support for the way G.S.A. arrived at its selection,” Mr. Wray said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have concerns about fairness and transparency in the process and G.S.A.’s failure to adhere to its own site selection plan.”

I think this is totally inappropriate from Wray unless he's got evidence of bribery.

He’s way over-stepping here. It’s not his decision.

What would be the point of “bribery”? It’s transferring the land from one government entity (WMATA - created by Congress) to another government entity (DoJ for benefit of FBI). There’s no private land owner involved here.

Such a dumb line of argument to bring up “conflict of interest.”

What Wray is really worried about is that this move will like change the future culture of the FBI by attracting a more diverse work force. All those clowns in the IC who ignored J6 are going apoplectic that they have to go to PG County.

The administration official was the head of GSA’s Public Building Service. Funny how she bolted from GSA just a few short weeks before this announcement. Anyway, she has ties to greenbelt. More importantly, in procurement the basic rule is you don’t change the evaluation criteria after receipt of proposals. And that is exactly what Nina Albert did. So Wray is NOT off base at all on this.

Nina Albert did the job she was told to do. This decision was above her pay grade.

[Anonymous]

Greenbelt location is $1B cheaper to build. Sorry, but a cost differential like that is going to be the determinant and override the other “nice to have” procurement criteria.

But by all means cry harder about NoVA.

[Anonymous]

$$$ matter? Then build it in Kansas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$$$ matter? Then build it in Kansas.

Ikr?

There were selection criteria. And then one person changed the decision at the last minute.

Wray properly called it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Greenbelt is an odd choice. Any location in PG county is an odd choice.

Makes zero sense.

Greenbelt is a lot closer to main Justice than the Fairfax County site.

Oh please. I suppose the distance from Greenbelt to Quantico is irrelevant? Laboratory Division, Operational Technology Division, and FBI Academy. Those 3 are not back office data or commuter centers that can be anywhere and are in locations not in the DMV.

Greenbelt is 60 miles from Quantico. Drive 30 miles on I95 past Springfield and then 30 more to Quantico. Maybe they'll also move Quantico. This isn't a new jobs program and touting bringing 7500-8000 new jobs to PG is erroneous. What aboit the people in those jobs?

DC Headquarters is 13 miles from Springfield and 15 from Greenbelt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A PP already posted above, I am posting an excerpt from the NY Times:


Christopher A. Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday blasted the Biden administration’s selection of Greenbelt, Md., for the bureau’s new headquarters, citing a flawed process and suggesting that a top federal official had a conflict of interest.

Mr. Wray’s efforts to cast doubt on the selection could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement late Wednesday seemed to mark the end of a decade-long bureaucratic scrum.

In an unusually blunt rebuke of the Biden administration, Mr. Wray claimed that officials with the General Services Administration, which oversees the management and development of federal properties, demanded that the F.B.I. relocate to suburban Maryland, even though an alternative site in Springfield, Va., scored better on a checklist of selection criteria.

“I had hoped this message would include our enthusiastic support for the way G.S.A. arrived at its selection,” Mr. Wray said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have concerns about fairness and transparency in the process and G.S.A.’s failure to adhere to its own site selection plan.”

I think this is totally inappropriate from Wray unless he's got evidence of bribery.

He is the head of the FBI, do you really think he would make such a public statement without backup??? Of course they have something.

[Anonymous]

The proximity of greenbelt to “main Justice” misses the point. This will BE main Justice.

And the person who said it’s above Nina Albers pay grade is basically admitting the decision became political. I mean that’s exactly the problem. It should not have been political. Procurement is not supposed to be political and that is why this stinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax County Development Association President Gerry Gordon’s comments at a forum went too far.
According to the Washington Business Journal, Gordon said the FBI would be appropriate for Prince George’s County because that’s where the agency would find the people it picks up.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Controversial-Comments-in-Campaign-to-Land-New-FBI-Headquarters-197704711.html

Three strings of robberies in our GF neighborhood. All three times, perps were from - and picked up in - PG county.

Truth hurts.

Three white collar criminals busted in GF, and the FBI, an agency who has actual jurisdiction over such things as medicare fraud and other crimes involving defrauding the US govt. swoops in to perp walk the conspirators and co-conspirators, all located in leafy GF.

Everyone loses their heavily mortgaged proprieties, the wife’s jewels, even the mistresses bentley to civil forfeiture, they can’t even get monies to fund their defense, all accounts are frozen, all end up going to fed pen, where they have to run elbows with the undesirables.

And their wives are forced to downsize to nice little condos in Ft Washington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The proximity of greenbelt to “main Justice” misses the point. This will BE main Justice.

And the person who said it’s above Nina Albers pay grade is basically admitting the decision became political. I mean that’s exactly the problem. It should not have been political. Procurement is not supposed to be political and that is why this stinks.

Well, her decision saved the taxpayers $1B and three years of construction time relative to Springfield. So, yay for Nina?