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General Services Administration officials tasked with ensuring that the asbestos contained in some federal buildings does not portend a potential health hazard for their occupants have not conducted ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Philadelphia's public schools with failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos. The district agreed to have the criminal case ...

The city’s Department of Education failed to inspect 82% of the city’s schools containing asbestos over a three-year period, Comptroller Brad Lander said in an audit published this week. The report ...

After repeated revelations of asbestos hazards in Philadelphia public schools, City Council will likely consider requiring additional inspections for the cancer-causing material. But not yet. The bill ...

The federal government isn’t keeping up with its safety checks for asbestos in government buildings, according to an audit this week that dings the General Services Administration for the failure. GSA ...

Philadelphia's Schools Accused of Failing to Properly Inspect Asbestos in Buildings PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Philadelphia's public schools with failing to properly ...

A recent report has found that the New York City Department of Education has not met requirements to inspect the vast majority of schools identified with asbestos. Comptroller Brad Lander unveiled an ...

Reason reported in October that the federal government owns millions of square feet of unused office space. Watchdog agencies have long recommended that the government sell off some of its unused real ...