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The Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, D.C. is managed like most federal office buildings by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the agency overseeing the government\u2019s new \u201caccelerated disposals\u201d process. The building is architecturally important and notably includes some of the most important New Deal\u2013era murals. 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