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posted by azrael on Monday July 28 2014, @08:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the impromptu-vacation dept.

In Atlanta, an electrical problem in a "Buss Duct" has caused the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center to be closed for at least a week. 5,000 federal employees work at the center.

While many might view this as another example of The Infrastructure Crisis in the USA, it may also be another example of mismanagement at the General Service Administration (GSA), landlord for the complex.

The GSA has had many scandals and has been the subject of several Congressional Hearings, including an August 1, 2012 hearing titled "GSA: A Review of Agency Mismanagement and Wasteful Spending - Part 2". That hearing followed an $823,000 GSA employee conference in Las Vegas and a one-day-long $250,000 GSA employee conference in Crystal City, Virginia.

The closed Atlanta complex is named for Samuel Augustus "Sam" Nunn, Jr., who served for 24 years as a United States Senator from Georgia and whose daughter is the current Democratic Party nominee for a Georgia Senate seat.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Arik on Monday July 28 2014, @10:01PM

    by Arik (4543) on Monday July 28 2014, @10:01PM (#74792) Journal
    It's a horrible writeup, but it could still turn into a good discussion. What the heck is a buss duct anyway? Is it the same thing as a bus duct [answers.com] or not?
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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday July 28 2014, @10:13PM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday July 28 2014, @10:13PM (#74795) Journal

    Yes. Same thing.
    Buss is the preferred spelling used by journalism majors (and nobody else).

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