WASHINGTON, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), in partnership with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will dedicate FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Office Building I, the second phase of construction for FDA’s consolidation into the Federal Research Center in White Oak, Maryland on July 12, 2005. It is the largest building on the planned complex. With 551,000 gross square feet of office space, approximately 1,750 people will work in the facility.
The planned FDA facility, whose completion is contingent on congressional funding, includes numerous interconnected buildings forming a campus-like setting. The complex is scheduled to replace outdated existing fragmented facilities scattered among 48 leased buildings in suburban Maryland.
Who (Confirmed Speakers): Stephen A. Perry, Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration Donald C. Williams, Regional Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration, National Capital Region Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (Maryland) U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch (Utah) U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (Maryland) U.S. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, 5th District, Maryland U.S. Congressman Albert R. Wynn, 4th District, Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael S. Steele, Maryland Honorable Douglas M. Duncan, Montgomery County Executive (Maryland) Honorable Ida G. Ruben, State Senator (Maryland) Lester M. Crawford, D.V.M., Ph.D., Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, United States Department of Health and Human Services Where: White Oak Federal Research Center; 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. (From the Capital Beltway (I-495)): Take Route 650 North (New Hampshire Avenue) past the firehouse. Turn right into the complex at the golf course; follow signs to the event.) When: 10 a.m.; Tuesday, July 12, 2005
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CONTACT: Cherie McClung of U.S. General Services Administration, NationalCapital Region, +1-202-708-5110
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