GSA pitches cheaper plan for DHS consolidation: Move FEMA to west campus

The General Services Administration and Department of Homeland Security are proposing a new plan for DHS’s massive consolidation at St. Elizabeths in Southeast D.C. given congressional resistance.

The proposal would shave about $800 million from the project’s tab, bringing the total cost down from $4.5 billion to $3.7 billion, by making more efficient use of the 60-some historic buildings on the Congress Heights campus. Notice of the new plan was included in the president’s 2016 budget proposal.

The…