Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), part of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), decided to consolidate offices from various locations in the suburban Washington DC area at the White Oak campus. Currently under phased construction, the new FDA Headquarters is scheduled for completion by 2014 and will have more than 9,000 employees.
The NOL employee golf course has closed.
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