Marylanders will have to wait a little longer to find out if the state will be chosen as the next headquarters site for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The FBI and the U.S. General Services Administration disclosed this week that they will wait until early next year to reveal whether the FBI headquarters – and 11,000 consolidated employees – will be moving from the District of Columbia to Maryland or Virginia.

The federal government previously had indicated it would announce a decision by the end of 2016, before a new president takes office.

The FBI is one of the largest organizations currently considering a move to Maryland. The headquarters is expected to cost more than $2 billion, and June 22 was the deadline for bids from competing developers. Three sites are under consideration, including properties in Greenbelt and Landover, Md., and a third site in Springfield, Va.

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