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===21st century=== [[File:US Capitol dome Jan 2006.jpg|thumb|The Capitol dome in 2006]] [[File:US Capitol and visitor centre.jpg|thumb|The Capitol's visitor center in March 2024]] On June 20, 2000, ground was broken for the [[Capitol Visitor Center]], which opened on December 2, 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/Visit/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions/#q1 | title=Capitol Visitors Center FAQ | publisher=Architect Of the Capitol | access-date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> From 2001 through 2008, the East Front of the Capitol (site of most [[United States presidential inauguration|presidential inaugurations]] until [[Ronald Reagan]] began a new tradition in 1981) was the site of construction for this massive underground complex, designed to facilitate a more orderly entrance for visitors to the Capitol. Prior to the center being built, visitors to the Capitol had to line up in the basement of the Cannon House Office Building or the Russell Senate Office Building. The new underground facility provides a grand entrance hall, a visitors theater, room for exhibits, and dining and restroom facilities, in addition to space for building necessities such as a [[utility tunnel|service tunnel]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Capitol Visitor Center {{!}} Architect of the Capitol |url=https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/buildings-grounds/capitol-building/capitol-visitor-center |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=www.aoc.gov}}</ref> A large-scale Capitol dome restoration project, the first extensive such work since 1959β1960, began in 2014, with completion scheduled before the 2017 presidential inauguration.<ref name=AoC2014Restoration>{{cite web |title=Capitol Dome Restoration Project Overview |url=http://www.aoc.gov/dome/project-overview |website=[[Architect of the Capitol]] |access-date=November 12, 2014 }}</ref> As of 2012, $20 million in work around the skirt of the dome had been completed, but other deterioration, including at least 1,300 cracks in the brittle iron that have led to rusting and seepage inside, needed to be addressed. Before the August 2012 recess, the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Committee]] voted to spend $61 million to repair the exterior of the dome. The House wanted to spend less on government operations,<ref name=Steinhauer>{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/us/politics/capitol-dome-is-imperiled-by-cracks-and-a-partisan-divide.html?_r=0Capitol | title= Dome Is Imperiled by 1,300 Cracks and Partisan Rift | last= Steinhauer | first= Jennifer | date= August 24, 2012 | work= [[The New York Times]] | access-date= October 4, 2012 }}</ref> but in late 2013, it was announced that renovations would take place over two years, starting in spring 2014.<ref name=Renovation>{{cite news | url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/nation_world/article_10cd6438-6dd8-11e3-b195-001a4bcf6878.html | title=Capitol's historic dome set for 2-year renovation | work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] | agency=[[Associated Press]] | date=December 26, 2013 | access-date=December 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2014, extensive scaffolding was erected, enclosing and obscuring the dome.<ref name=AoC2014Restoration/><ref>{{cite AV media |author=Architect of the Capitol |title=In Celebration of the U.S. Capitol Dome |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azMdEHP-FL0 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/azMdEHP-FL0| archive-date=October 29, 2021|date=December 15, 2016 |website=YouTube |access-date=August 26, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> All exterior scaffolding was removed by mid-September 2016.<ref name=AoCProjectUpdates>{{cite web |title=Dome Restoration Project Updates |url=http://www.aoc.gov/dome/project-updates |website=Architect of the Capitol |access-date=October 19, 2016 }}</ref> With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet, a bid tendering process was approved in 2002 for a contract to install the multidirectional radio communication network for [[Wi-Fi]] and mobile-phone within the Capitol Building and annexes, followed by the new Capitol Visitor Center. The winning bidder was an [[Silicon Wadi|Israeli company]] called Foxcom which has since changed its name and been acquired by [[Corning Inc.|Corning Incorporated]].<ref>{{cite web |first=John |last=Bresnahan |title=House Ends Cell Phone Licensing Deal |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2007/02/house-ends-cell-phone-licensing-deal-002910 |work=[[Politico]] |date=February 26, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jackie |last=Kucinich |title=Hastert rebuffs Pelosi on investigation request |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/8386-hastert-rebuffs-pelosi-on-investigation-request/ |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=October 26, 2005 |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref>
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