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2 The Committee's Charge
Pages 11-13

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... Congress, by means of a supplemental appropriation, supported efforts launched by the State Department's Office of Foreign Buildings Operations (FBO) to carry out an advanced physical and technical research program.
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... The security implications of the folTowing elements of the building process were considered by the committee: selection of design professionals; building programming and space planning; site selection and site design; architectural and structural design; building service systems and fire safety design; and . building operation and maintenance.
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... In addition, the size of the building program proposed by the Inman Panel has led the committee, at the request of the State Department, to make organizational and procedural recommendations to help ensure that its other reconunendations can be Implemented in a la~g~scale special program, as well as in FBO's annual capital program.
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