The General Services Administration has delayed the announcement of an award in the sweepstakes for the next FBI headquarters. "GSA and FBI have worked diligently since the Fall issuance of the revised schedule," a GSA spokeswoman said in an email. Former President Barack Obama included the remaining $1.4B appropriation, to come from both GSA and FBI funds, in his proposed 2017 budget, most of which was never passed. A House committee in December approved an $834M prospectus for the GSA project, but it remains to be seen how much will be set aside for the project in President Donald Trump's FY17 budget. “I think appropriations is a convenient excuse for not saying anything,” LeBlanc said.

Source: Forbes March 10, 2017 22:51 UTC