GAO Rejects Protest Over SEC Headquarters Lease Terms

Published: 8/02/2019

GAO Rejects Protest Over SEC Headquarters Lease Terms

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Fixed-price purchase options included in the solicitation for a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters lease did not make the deal unreasonable, and the lease terms weren't unfair to the SEC's incumbent landlords either, the U.S. Government Accountability Office ruled in a decision made public Friday.

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