Word: gsa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Their recommendation--eventually adopted by both the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Harvard--called for keeping the archives in Harvard Square and moving the museum into an existing building in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Meanwhile, everybody waited for an environmental impact report prepared by the government's General Services Administration (GSA...
...When the GSA report was released in February 1975, opponents greeted it with skepticism, filing requests for the original consultants' reports, which they felt had found problems where the GSA summary dismissed them. Sensing a long-term court battle and feeling the steady crunch of inflation, the Library Corporation--whose representatives in Cambridge had tried unsuccessfully to placate resident' fears--announced it would not build both the museum and archives in Cambridge...
...Student Association: a way to escape from a mad, straight world. The GSA provides fellowship, rap sessions and dances in Phillips Brooks House...
...Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Finally, there is the Ed Brooke whose own personal finances are characterized by improprieties if not illegalities; and who has sponsored such incompetent (if not blatantly corrupt) men as former Federal District Judge Willie Davis, former U.S. Atty. James N. Gabriel and former GSA regional chief Albert Gammal for public office...
Adding to the confusion are differing reports from investigators on the extent of corruption at the GSA. Alto has described it as potentially "the biggest money scandal in the history of the Federal Government." But Civiletti told Chiles' subcommittee last week, "We do not know from the evidence gathered to date just how far the wrongdoing extends or whether at any level corruption is pervasive." Still, a report to the subcommittee from Comptroller General Elmer Staats estimated that fraudulent practices by bureaucrats in the GSA and other agencies is costing the Government anywhere from $2.5 billion to $25 billion...