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The Conversion Support Center transferred to GSA in 1979 and became the core of GSA’s Office of Software Development and Information Technology (OSDIT). [13] [14] Like FEDSIM, OSDIT provided technical experts to other agencies for a fee. In 1985, because of the small number of its Air Force-specific projects, FEDSIM transferred from the Air ...
The New York City government, which owned both sites, would lease 400,000 square feet (37,000 m 2) at 290 Broadway at a reduced rate in exchange for giving the land to the federal government. [39] [42] The GSA and the New York City government signed an agreement in March 1988, allowing the development to proceed.
The building is named for Jacob K. Javits, who served as a United States Senator from New York for 24 years, from 1957 to 1981. The building is assigned its own ZIP Code , 10278; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019 [update] . [ 3 ]
The construction of below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the new building began on April 27, 2006. One World Trade Center became the tallest structure in New York City on April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building. The tower's steel structure was topped out on August 30, 2012.
Additionally, regulation of interaction between contracting agencies and the GSA is detailed here. Section 302(b) states the "declared policy" of the United States, that "a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for supplies and services [should be placed] with small business concerns". [3] 41 U.S. Code § 3104 now reads
In July 1991, GSA contractors began the excavation of what is now the Ted Weiss Federal Building in New York City.The planning for that building did not take into account the possibility of encountering the historic cemetery for colonial-era African New Yorkers located beneath the footprint of the $276 million office building.
New York architect Charles Butler (1871–1953) designed the innovative building in his capacity as consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect under Oscar Wenderoth. Butler's design, patterned after private office buildings in New York and Washington, DC, allowed for the substantial amount of natural light necessary for the many ...
F. Edward Hebert Federal Building, New Orleans, LA; Federal Building, New York, NY (201 Varick Street) Foley Square Federal Office Building; Port Angeles Federal Building, Port Angeles, WA; West Heating Plant, Washington, DC; Old Mint, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Mint; United States Post Office and Custom House, Pembina, ND