After 100 years, feds to finally shutter 'temporary' government building

To borrow from Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, few things are as lasting as a temporary government building.

Aerial view of the southwest Washington, D.C. Liberty Loan federal building pictured in the foreground circa 2006.

Melanie Gilbert, the GSA’s acting administrator for the capital region, said the closure is part of a push to get agencies to give up unused space and save money by shrinking the government’s holdings. “It took 100 years to close a temporary government building. Taxpayers cannot wait another 100 years before we start disposing of all of the other unused office space left behind by the bureaucrats taking a permanent vacation from the office,” she said.

Tim Gribben, the Fiscal Service’s commissioner, sounded a sad note about giving up its “landmark” office. The GSA says the building cost $500,000 when it was erected and was meant to house 1,200 employees. It was immediately overcrowded with 1,800 people working there.

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