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Interior spending $139K to upgrade doors in Zinke’s office

Interior spending $139K to upgrade doors in Zinke's office | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks about the Trump Administration's energy policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Zinke says his agency has negotiated a significantly lower price for an upgrade to double doors in his office now set to cost nearly $139,000. Zinke told a House committee March 15 that “we got it down to $75,000” by “manipulating” the contract terms. A spokeswoman later said officials are still negotiating down the cost and don't yet have a final contract. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

WASHINGTON – The Interior Department is spending nearly $139,000 to upgrade three sets of double doors in the office of Secretary Ryan Zinke.

His spokeswoman says Zinke (ZIN’-kee) was not aware of the contract for the work prior to a request about it from The Associated Press. She says the project was planned by career facilities and security officials as part of the decade-long modernization of the historic building erected in 1936 a few blocks from the White House.

She said the secretary was not aware of this contract but agrees that this is a lot of money for demo, install, materials and labour. She says the doors needed repairs.

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