OUTLINE 'OPTIONS FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IN THE LANGLEY COMPOUND'

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STATINTL Approved Fier Release 2002/05/07: CIA-RDP86-00 "Options for Proposed Construction in the Langley Compound" I. Introduction (Purpose of the paper; approximately 1/4 double-spaced page) A. Whether new building? (Phrased as assumed yes) B. Scope, new building? 1. Subquestion - Contain Hqs. ESE or other special functions? C. How fund? II. Brief History (1 to 1 1/2 double-spaced pages) STATINTL STATINTL A. Current Agency MWA facility posture 1. Number and size of outlying buildings a. Specific listing as attachment 2. Lease and ownership status a. Lease expiration dates (also on Att. 1) b. Possi lit of loss of 2430 E Street complex, NPIC, c. Status statement on magazine Building replacement B. Previous Planning 1. BPS No. 2 a. Justification for consolidation by cost- effectiveness b. NPIC exclusion from consolidation 2. Garage and Master Plan (Simple statement that Plan required for garage and filed with NCPC, EPA, and Fiarfax County) 3. Current BPS a. Resulted from ESE study b. Manning level and recruitment progress . Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 CIA-RDP86-002 4R000300100003-0 III. Discussion - Options and Factors Affecting New Construction A. Justification 1. Cost-effectiveness of consolidation (cite BPS No. 2 study) 2. Has. overcrowding ?3. ESE facilities problems (cite study) B. Scope and Cost Options (Refer to Att. 2 listing incre- mental cost options) 1. Relieve Has. overcrowding a. Scope and cost 2. Relocate Has. ESE a. Scope and cost b. Statement pros and cons in parallel form 3. Consolidate OR leased buildings a. Sco e and cost in area increments (Rosslyn, STATINTL C of C) 4. Consolidate Government-Owned building (2430 E Street complex) a. Scope and cost 5. Parking structures a. Statement of requirement and concept b. Cost 6. Single building or complex a. Pros and cons in parallel form C. Funding Options (Statement of necessary steps each option and time and cost variables) 1. Public Law 92-313 2. Direct Congressional approval Approved For Release 2002/5/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 D. Regulatory Agency Impact on Time, Cost, and Procedures (Brief statement of regulatory requirements, pro- cedures, and problems for each subheading) 1. GSA 2. NCPC, 3. EPA 4. State and local Government (Virginia and Fairfax Co.) 5. HEW 6. MWTA 7. Other IV. Summary (1/2 page double-spaced, identification of major conceptual questions requiring Management Committee resolution plus statement recognizing extensive additional BPS study to sharpen definition and explore options) A. Approximate scope building to be constructed? 1. Subquestion - Relocate Has. ESE or other special functions? (Possible deferral or tentative con- clusion with later reexamination based on further BPS study) 2. Subquestion - One building or complex? (Possible tentative conclusion with later reexamination based on regulatory agency position) B. Fund Public Law 92-313 or direct? (Possible tentative conclusion with possible reexamination if time or political factors dictate) V. Attachments 1. Listing external buildings by location, size, and lease expiration date 2. Cost matrix for new construction by scope increment 3 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved FQp Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to address the various basic factors and key questions which would influence a new building program and to present a preliminary overview of potential options for proposed construction in the Langley Compound. The obvious first question is "Will there be a new building?" Assuming the answer to be yes, other questions arise. What will be the scope and scale of this new facility? Will the new facility solve for Headquarters Building needs, external building needs, or both? How will the building program be funded and what time frame is acceptable? The intent of this effort is to evaluate these factors and considerations as a preliminary assessment which will provide a basis for further study, development, and future decision-making relative to such a potential program. II. BRIEF HISTORY Throughout the years, the Agency has strived to consolidate its Headquarters functions and holdings at one central location. Due to the approval of less than required appropriations from the Congress, only a portion of the Agency was provided for in the new Headquarters Building at Langley in early 1960. The remainder of Agency external functions were eventually relocated from temporary buildings to permanent building satellite complexes in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia. Several years after Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved F,pj Release 2002/05/07: CIA-RDP86-002R000300100003-0 the occupancy of Headquarters Building, the Printing Services Building was constructed on the Headquarters site. In 1974, the new Headquarters Motor Pool Garage was completed and occupied. A new classified waste destruction Hammermill Building will be constructed on the site within the next year. In 197_ approxi- mately acres of Department of Transportation land to the west of our Headquarters compound was assigned to the Agency as part of an underutilized federal property excessing process. A. Current Agency MWA Facilities Posture 1. Number and Size of MWA Buildings In addition to the facilities on the Headquarters com- pound, the Agency occupie external buildings and square feet of space in the Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, Metropolitan Washington Area. These facilities are located in satellite complexes such as STATINTL 2430 E Street andi which are federally owned buildings; and Rosslyn, STATINTL which are commercially leased buildings. A specific listing of Agency occupied space inthe MWA is contained I in Attachment 1. Other Agency holdings such as covert, operational, or functionally incompatible space have not been included since their consideration is irrelevant to the objectives of this paper. 2 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved IF pr Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00' 4R000300100003-0 2. Lease and Ownership Status Forthcoming and oroing negotiations of leases on all comercially leased buildings will occur within the next year. Lease arrangements are intended to provide the flexibility necessary to be compatible with a seven-to-ten-year time frame anticipated for imple- mentation of an Agency building program at Headquarters. Lease expiration dates and present lease conditions for each leased building is contained in Attachment 2. Continuing efforts have been exerted with the General Services Administration to aquire a replacement building on an accelerated basis for Magazine Building whose lease expires in November 1975. GSA has received offerings of space from prospective building owners in response to a formal GSA request of interest and has issued solicitations for specific bid proposals which are due in mid-March for 90,000 square feet of space within a five mile radius of Headquarters Building. External federally owned buildings occupied by the Agency appear to pose no major tenure problems. On- going construction in newly acquired space on the STATINTL sixth floor should provide NPIC with sufficient expansion space. There are no known future 3 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Far Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002+R000300100003-0 plans for other than continued federal occupancy of which houses the OGCR/DDI Map Library. Continued Agency occupancy of the 2430 E Street Complex appears certain and unlimited. A major factor requiring its tenure is the existence of satellite telephone equipment systems in Central Building through which all telephone switching for "downtown Agency com- ponents" is accomplished. The only potential threat to continued occupancy could be the contiguous bcation of this complex to State Department Headquarters. It is understood that the State Department has expressed interest in these facilities in the past. B. Previous Planning 1. Ad Hoc Study Group In 1966 an ad hoc study group analyzed Agency space posture and recommended the need for further and serious consideration for the design and construction of a "Special Purpose Technical Building" in which all existing and proposed technical functions could be consolidated at the Headquarters site. 2. Building Planning Staff No. 2 A Building Planning Staff was established in 1969. Its major contribution consisted of an interim partial con- solidation plan involving expansion of the Printing Services Building and the implementation of a Preliminary Master Plan conceptualizing the consolidation of MWA STATINTL Approved For Release 2002/Q/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved For Rs4ease 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244RQp0300100003-0 Agency functions other than the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) and the Central Depot on an expanded Headquarters site. The consolidation was justified on the basis of cost effectiveness and opera- tional efficiency. The exclusions of NPIC and Central Depot were due to excess size, functional incompatibility, acceptability of operational separation, and unnecessary excessive costs of reproducing perfectly adequate sophisticated facilities. 3. Headquarters Garage and Preliminary Master Plan Upon the development of design drawings for the Head- quarters Garage, federal law required the review of the garage design and the Preliminary Master Plan of the Headquarters site by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and a review of environmental impact descriptions for these presentations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prior to project approval. A ser.ies of discussions were held with NCPC and EPA and certain parameters were established for physical and environmental factors that would have to be considered. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Fe Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002*tR000300100003-0 4. Building Planning Staff No. 3 Re-establishment of the current Building Planning Staff resulted from the impact of an in-house Environmentally Sensitive Equipment (ESE) study which concluded that our Headquarters Building sensitive equipment functions were marginally supported in terms of reliability and safety and that trends indicated existing ESE areas could not provide an adequate environment for future equipment. Study recommendations included a proposal to renovate an area of Headquarters Building to provide adequate ESE facilities while maintaining on:oing ESE operations. Affected Agency component reaction to the study favored the construction of a new ESE building rather than modification of the Headquarters Building. Accelerated action to recruit five contract professional architects and engineers for the Building Planning Staff is underway and many of the candidates are presently undergoing concurrent background investigations and internal processing. Upon successful recruitment and staffing, the BPS will conduct the necessary surveys, research, analysis, and planning to determine Agency facilities requirements for a new building. This 6 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved For-Tease 2002/05/07: CIA-RDP86-00244R@00300100003-0 effort will result in a program requirements document for internal approval which will also consist of various planning options, budgetary estimates, timing, organizational posture, and design and construction process recommendations. Upon achieving internal program approvals, a Congressional strategy and program justification will be prepared for Congressional project approval, design funding appropriations, and construction funding appropriations. The BPS will then perform as Agency focal point for the coordination, liaison, monitoring, and influencing the implementation of design and construction of the building project. III, DISCUSSION - OPTIONS AND FACTORS AFFECTING NEW CONSTRUCTION A. Justification 1. Cost Effectiveness The present dispersed location of Agency functions has had a effect upon Agency operational efficiency and cost effectiveness in terms of personnel, money, and facilities. Agency occupancy of such multi- building locations has resulted in loss of personnel time due to travel between facilities and duplication of guards, receptionists, couriers and mail clerks, building services officers, and administrative/supervisory personnel. Large sums of.money are being expended on 7 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Fir Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002+4R000300100003-0 rents for leased commercial buildings, TWX service, telephone mileage charges, additional telephone switching equipment, reimbursement of private car use and formal vehicle and shuttle bus service. In addition, many space functions have been duplicated such as, supply rooms, receptionist areas, guard locker rooms, snack bars, and classified waste storage and collection vaults. In 1972, Building Planning Staff No. 2 prepared a study which addressed the benefits to be derived in this area through con- solidation at Headquarters. The study concluded that worthwhile operational cost savings and personnel savings could be realized in the above areas and that very obvious operational efficiencies would be achieved. 2. Headquarters Overcrowding Through the years of Agency growth and general on oing reorganization, there have been component relocations to external buildings to provide space for components whose presence is required in Headquarters Building. As Headquarters components continue to grow and new organizations are created, they are willing to accept more densly occupied space conditions in Headquarters Building in order to be more contiguous to their patent Approved For Release 2002/057 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Epr Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-06244R000300100003-0 component and achieve greater operational efficiency. Accordingly, the Headquarters Building has become over- crowded to the saturation point. Agency Headquarters standard office space occupancy rates are square feet per person as compared tofederal government standards of square feet per person. These sub-standard levels of space occupancy are unacceptable since they create inadequate working conditions which are a deterent to operational efficiency, employee morale, and employee health. The relief of such over= crowded conditions.in Headquarters Building is one of the several logical and necessary justifications to construct anew facility. 3. Environmentally Sensitive Equipment Facilities Problems In addition to changes in Agency organization and growth, the Agency has undergone a transition in its technological development. Increasing amounts of the building have become technically oriented and contain FSE housed in environmentally sophisticated areas which are supported by special and independent back-up utilities support systems. Continuing saturation of these areas with additional equipment is taxing the capacities of utilities support systems and present physical features Approved For Release 2002/05J07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved F Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002R000300100003-0 of these areas are drastically limiting further utilities distributions. The ESE study previously referred to in this paper identified marginable support posture for existing ESE areas and an inadequate environment for future equipment. Study recommendations included relocations and replacement of ESE areas within adequately designed state of the art facilities in Head- quarters Building. Using components desire relocation to a new facility. The problems to be overcome and the benefits to be derived in the relocation of ESE functions would support justification of new construction or re- placement construction within Headquarters Building depending upon the overall advantages to be gained by the Agency. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002 4R000300100003-0 B. Scope and Cost Options In order to establish a cost yardstick for general discussion purposes, an assignment of costs for various portions of this proposed building program has been projected and is submitted as Attachment 3. Cost factors used are a measure of current average square foot costs of pure office buildings and special purpose buildings in the construction industry. Total project costs also include projected yearly cost excalation; projected costs for architectural and engineering (A/E) design services, General Services Administration (GSA) services, and con- tingencies. Total area requirements have been determined on the basis of a ratio of 75 percent net area space to 25 percent gross area space. Cost assignments should be interpreted as general "ballpark estimates" for comparative purposes at this time. More accurate estimates will be available as specific requirements are identified through further study and project development. 1. Relieve Headquarters Overcrowding The average rate of office space occupancy in the Headquarters Building is and approximately square feet per person square feet per person relative to all useable operational space. Such occupancy STATINTL 11 Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Far Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002 4R000300100003-0 conditions are below comparable Federal occupancy levels of approximately 150 square feet per person for an overall building average. In order to relieve such overcrowded space occupancy conditions and pro- vide an average of 150 square feet per person, STATINTL approximately STATINTL Isquare feet would have to be vacated in Headquarters Building and approximately 0 gross square feet of new construction at an approximate cost of 12.9 million dollars would have to be provided for relocated office type functions. 2. Relocate Headquarters Building ESE Space The referenced ESE study identified approximately 65,000 square feet of environmentally sensitive equipment areas in Headquarters Building which should be relocated to more adequate facilities. Functions recommended to be relocated included the OJCS, ISG, OEL, computer centers, the OC signal center Max II, ACT, and Data Communications functions, the telephone frame room, and several smaller sensitive equipment areas. It is anticipated that approximately facility. A new facility of approximately net square feet, including some expansion, would be required to satisfy these requirements in another STATINTL STATINTL Approved For Release 2002/05/014 CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved F Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002.44R000300100003-0 gross square feet at a cost of approximately would be necessary to adequately house such functions and provide the operational environment and the sophisticated utilities support required. Statement of Pros and Cons Pros 1. Provide adequate physical 1. Exteisive expenditure of sunk and technical state of the art costs for existing ESE areas sup- environment and reliable utili- ports retention of these functions ties support. in Headquarters Building. 2. Provide adequate space and 2. Relocation to a new facility expansion potential. would separate ESE functions from parent and using components in Headquarters Building, resulting in inconvenience and a reduction of operational efficiency. 3. Solve immediate, short, 3. A new facility for Headquarters and long range Headquarters Building relocated ESE functions Building ESE problems in- excludes the solution of remaining volving a decreasing marginal special purpose areas and external ability to provide adequate facilities ESE area requirements. utilities reliability support and safety conditions. 4. Avoid decentralized expan- 4. Per the ESE study recommendation, sion of overcrowded Headquarters relocation of ESE areas to adequate Building ESE areas due to re- facilities on the first floor of strictive permanent physical Headquarters Building would be barriers. less expensive than the construc- tion of a new ESE building. 5. Eliminate the perpetua- tion of incremental, de- centralized and potentially un- reliable Headquarters Building utilities system expansions due to overloaded, overcrowded, and restricted status of ex- isting support systems. 5. The time required for new construction would not allow for the solution of current and immediate future ESE expansion requirements and would result in duplicate Headquarters Building construction and eventual new building con- struction. Approved For Release 2002/05/0713 CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Foi"Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-002448000300100003-0 Pros Cons 6. Existing Critical and UPS power generating systems could be made to serve a new ESE build- ing. 7. Existing independent special Headquarters air conditioning systems could be made to serve the building winter cooling load of special office functions in place of larger powerhouse air conditioning systems. 8. Recapture of Headquarters Building operational space for more suitable use as general administrative office support space could be achieved. 9. Existing special utilities support systems ahve reached or are nearing full capacity. 10. Special purpose space in Headquarters Building has always been adapted within an inadequate office space designed environ- ment which is a limiting factor to existing and expansion ESE design and construction. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Fes- Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 3. Consolidate Leased Buildings Present :lease buildings occupied by the Agency are located in three satallite locations as follows: Rosslyn - Ames, and Fairfax - Chamber of Commerce Key and Magazine Buildings; STATINTL Building. Rosslyn: Relocation of Rosslyn space would predominently involve 97 percent office space and 3 percent special-use space including signal centers, computer centers, photographic dark rooms, and medical laboratory/examination facilities. A total of 339,000 net square feet or 452,000 gross square feet of space at an estimated cost of $55,325,000 would be required to replace this space at Headquarters. Fairfax County: The Chamber of Commerce Building consists of general office space and includes seminar rooms, classrooms, a language training laboratory, and student language training study rooms. Relocation of these functions to a new facility at Headquarters would involve 103,000 new feet or 137,300 gross square feet of space at an estimated cost of $16,595,000. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Forelease 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-0024AR000300100003-0 ~s essentially general office space but includes a 10,000 square foot vault, a screen room computer center, screen room communications center, a sophisticated task force briefing/conference center, emergency power, and emergency air conditioning. Replacement and relocation of these facilities and functions to a new facility at Headquarters would re- quire 40,500 new square feet or 54,000 gross square feet of space at an estimated cost of $7,090,000. 4. Consolidate Government-Owned Buildings: The only Agency occupied government-owned facilities which are being considered for potential Headquarters consolidation are East Building, Central Building and South Building in the 2430 E Street complex. Functions in these buildings consist of 70 percent general office space and 30 percent special-purpose space which includes chemistry laboratories, student training photographic dark rooms, sophisticated photographic processing dark rooms, and various specialty laboratory process areas. Replacement of these functions in Head- quarters construction would require 78,300 net square feet or 104,400 r oss square feet of space for a total estimated cost of $14,350,,000. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Fo&Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-0024aR000300100003-0 5. Parking Structures Previous parking studies indicate that total external Agency consolidation at Headquarters site would require 0 additional parking spaces. Agency land at Headquarters presently available for a new building program is not sufficient to satisfy the total con- solidation building construction requirement and total new surface parking. in this amount. Therefore, it is anticipated that the parking requirement of 0 cars for total consolidation would require approximately 654,500 square feet of elevated structured parking over either the West, South or North parking lots at an approximate cost of $10,205,000. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved FRelease 2002/05/07: CIA-RDP86- STATINTL 6. Single Building or Complex of Buildings The various options available in a new building program include either a single building or a complex of buildings approach to solve for Agency potential consolidation needs. The merits of each option can be evaluated upon the comparison of pros and cons of each approach as follows: Single Build Pros 1. Maximize operational efficiency. 2. Maximize flexibility of organi- zational and functional relationships 3. Allow the &.sired contiguity of office space and special purpose space. 4. Maximize limits of functional expansion area. 5. Maximize the flexibility of organizational and functional re- location between Headquarters Building and one single new building. 6. Minimize the number of utilities, housekeeping, connnunications, digital data, security, safety, and control systems required to operate and maintain facilities and to support Agency operations. 7. Achieve maximum amount of building for the dollar. 1. Require lengthy time frame for total implementation and occupancy. 2. Limit the ability to achieve multiphased interim occupancy to satisfy ongoing needs prior to a total one building project completion. 3. The scale of one massive structure may compete with Headquarters Building and be incompatible with the scale and character of the surrounding national park land environment. 4. The overlapping. of utilities support system serving standard office space and special purpose could cause facilities environ- mental adequacy and efficiency problems. 16 5. Provides no interim alter- native which would allow in- cremental occupancy of portions .of a new single building. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved Rap Release 2002/05/07 CFA-RDP$6-002 R000300100003-0 Pros Cons 8. Maximize energy conservation through the efficient utilization of minimal numbers of utilities support services located in one facility. 9. Minimize the amount of site area for building use. 6. Provides no intermediate alternative other than the support and justification of a major one-time funding appro- priation during a timeframe of unfavorable national economic conditions, reduced federal expenditures, and questionable congressional receptivity. 10. Minimize size of security guard force required for coverage and control. Complex of Buildings 1. Allow for the pure design characteristics of separate office buildings and special purpose buildings. 2. Allow for the specific design and independent dedication of utilities support systems to adequately and efficiently serve pure office space functions or pure special purpose functions. 1. Project costs would be higher for a series of buildings. 2. Larger site area would be required for a series of buildings. 3. Provision of independent utility systems in separated locations would be more costly, require more space, and involve greater costs in maintenance and operation. 3. A complex of buildings would allow multiphased or incremental 4. Reduce organizational and smaller building completion and operational efficiency through partial occupancy in shorter separation of office and special- timeframes to solve key Agency use functions. ongoing requirements as they occur. 5. Reduce the flexibility of 4. Multifiscal year phased project component relocation, expansion funding would be possible to achieve options and deter accommodation such multiyear phased incremental of office space/special-purpose project completion and occupancy. space relationships. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244F200300100003-0 Approved Fi Release 2002/05/07: CIA-RDP86-00W4R000300100003-0 Pros Cons 5. Separation of buildings by space type, utilities support type and timeframne of operations would minimize areas to be served utili- ties support after standard working hours and result in more efficient utilities use and greater energy conservation. 6. Phased incremental building program implementation would provide more flexibility in solving the variable external. impacts on our external build- ings and our Agency organiza- tion as a whole. 6. Require duplication, re- dundancy, and extensive addi- tional distribution of com- muQnicatigns systems, digital data systems, security and safety alarm systems, and general support systems. 7. Increase the level of security guard and reception- ist requirement. _ 8. Limit the flexibility of organizational and functional relocations between Head- quarters Buildings and a series functionally designed buildings. 7. The scale of a complex of buildings may be more appropriate to the Headquarters site and its surroundings than a second massive single building which would compete with the present Headquarters Building and overpower the scale and character of the adjacent National Capital Park area. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved F Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00R000300100003-0 C. Funding Options 1.. - Public Law 92-313 Under PL 92-313, a "Federal Building Fund (FBF) has been established in the Treasury into which are deposited the standard level user charges provided under the act, and from which construction of public buildings is financed,,' A Federal Agency identifying. a need for construction of a public building is required to prepare. its requirements of the proposed facility and submit them to GSA which, in its project liaison and implementation role, approves the project and prepares a prospectus (statement of the proposed proj-ect). The prospectus is submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval and then to the committee on Public Works of the Senate and the House of Representatives for their respective approvals. When approved by these Committees, the project is placed as a line item in the GSA budget for the next fiscal year. Priority of projects is determined by the Administrator of GSA on the basis of equality of geographic distribution aid comparative urgency of need. The GSA budget with the assigned priorities for construction is submitted to the Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate for approval and then approval of appropriation by final enactment as Public Law by the Congress. Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0 Approved 4or Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-0 4R000300100003-0 In view of the limited funds available in the FBF, GSA assigned project priority preogatives, minimal Con- gressional project appropriations in decending-priority' order, the disadvantages of competing for priority con- struction position with lesser dollar value projects of other agencies, and the extensive uncontrolable timeframe required for the multifaceted standard approval and appropriations process realistic timeframe implementation of a new building program could become more increasingly difficult to predict and result in almost certain abnormally l'ngthier timeframes than possibly available through other- approaches available to the Agency. ;Approved For Release 2002/05/07 : CIA-RDP86-00244R000300100003-0