Lack of funds kills plan for FBI move

WASHINGTON — The nation’s top law enforcement agency will continue operating out of its deteriorating downtown Washington headquarters for the foreseeable future after the federal government announced Tuesday that it had scrapped a decade-long plan to look for a new FBI building in Maryland or Virginia.

The General Services Administration, which oversees federal office space, said it does not have enough money to move forward on a new location.

The agency had sought $1.4 billion for the project, but Congress left it underfunded by about $882 million.