Overview
- Director Kash Patel said required safety and infrastructure upgrades at the Reagan Building are underway, but no closure or move-in dates were provided.
- Most headquarters personnel will relocate to the Reagan complex, with additional staff reassigned to field offices as part of a broader push to put more manpower in the field.
- Officials say the change will save taxpayers billions and avoid more than $300 million in deferred maintenance at the Hoover facility.
- Maryland leaders sued after the cancellation of the previously selected Greenbelt campus, leaving legal challenges to the revised plan unresolved.
- Some critics question whether the Reagan site can meet FBI security needs, even as it already houses agencies including CBP, Commerce and the EPA.