Opposition mounts to USDA employee relocation

Federal Times: A Department of Agriculture plan to move approximately 700 employees outside Washington, D.C., is receiving increasing opposition from lawmakers, former government officials and private sector organizations for placing undue strain on the workforce at those USDA offices.

“This proposal will be extremely disruptive to the employees of these agencies, many of whom reside in my congressional district, while doing nothing to improve the work these agencies do for the American public,” Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., wrote in a Sept. 4, letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.

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