In Brief: FDA campus plan
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA campus plan: FDA receives support for its campus plan at Clarksburg Triangle in Montgomery County from most of the surrounding community, according to comments made at a Feb. 2 public hearing. Offices for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition will be in Prince George's County; the site has not yet been determined. Consolidation of the agency's facilities could be threatened by the Republicans' mandate to downsize the federal government. Rep. John Duncan (R-TN), in Jan. 31 remarks in the House, urged the Administration to scrap the agency's campus plans in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. "At a time when we are supposed to be downsizing the federal government, the FDA wants to build a Taj Mahal complex of buildings in Maryland for a new headquarters," Duncan stated...