A highly-efficient HVAC system, locally sourced stone and recycled construction waste are just a few of the sustainable features at a new federal building complex in Hazelton, West Virginia. An innovative laundry water recycling system is…
Category: DOJ
Spotlight: Executive Office for Immigration Review
President Obama has said that immigration reform is the most important domestic policy agenda of his second term, and hope springs that Congress will pass legislation acceptable to both parties. But in the meantime, it’s worthwhile…
Spotlight: DEA
Recent revelations of secretive Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) data collection, in consort with the NSA, may lead some to wonder: what does the DEA do, anyway? It is a forty-year-old agency under the Justice Department (DOJ),…
Spotlight: ATF
After a cliffhanger Senate vote on July 31, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has its first permanent director in 7 years. B. Todd Jones, acting director since 2011, now officially heads a…
1301 New York Avenue Purchased For $135 Million
Nakash Holdings (the investment arm of Jordache Enterprises) purchased 1301 New York Avenue from Boston Properties on August 22nd. The 201,281 RSF office building is entirely occupied by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under a GSA…
Spotlight: U.S. Marshals Service
In keeping with our recent focus on investigative and law enforcement agencies, today we’re profiling the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), the nation’s oldest and most versatile federal law enforcement agency. Now a division of the U.S. Department…
Spotlight: The Office of the U.S. Attorneys
Last week, we profiled the U.S. Courts; this week we take a look at the agency whose employees represent the federal government in those courts—the Office of the U.S. Attorneys (USA). Under the direction of the…
GSA’s Largest Tenants
One of the more intriguing charts in GSA’s recent Congressional Justification is its “Summary of Billed Inventory” or, to put it another way, its largest tenants. It’s not a universally understood fact that GSA is the…