[CPEO-IRF] Lease space in Northern Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Baseless Base Closures

by Congressman Jim Moran
Opinion
DC Examiner
May 20, 2005 
 
Three years ago, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued a memo
mandating that no Department of Defense activities within 100 miles of
the Washington region could contract for new or existing leased space
without his express permission. While the rationale for this new policy
was never clearly explained, most believed it was to save money and take
advantage of free and secure space on military bases - worthy
objectives, but not without serious adverse consequences.

Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed here in Congress and Secretary
Rumsfeld was forced to withdraw this directive. But, with the recently
released Base Realignment and Closure report and a new DoD building
security standard about to go into effect, the Secretary may now be able
to achieve what he couldn't with his original directive.

The recent BRAC report recommends the closure of much of the
commercially leased DoD space in the Northern Virginia area. It will
force the relocation of approximately 23,000 DoD personnel, resulting in
the loss of billions of dollars in contract values and related spending.
A major component of the justification that the BRAC commission used is
that none of the targeted DoD leased buildings comply with their new
building security standards.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/05/23/opinion/op-ed/38oped20moran.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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