DOGE to end lease on Somerset Borough office used during Flight 93 memorial planning
According to our media partners at The Tribune-Democrat, the 2,300-square-foot space, leased by the National Park Service and located roughly 16 miles from the memorial site in Shanksville, is being cut by the Department of Government Efficiency. The decision is expected to save the federal government more than $86,700 in the coming years, according to DOGE.
The office was originally used during the planning and development of the Flight 93 National Memorial, which opened in 2015. It has since been used occasionally for meetings and off-site educational programming by the Friends of Flight 93, a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service.
Although the lease is ending, the nonprofit's efforts to educate the public about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the passengers who fought back on United Flight 93 will continue.
The group's programming, including its Teach to Remember initiative, will now rely more heavily on the memorial's on-site Learning Center for future meetings and events.
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