SWATARA TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — Federal workers were ordered to go back to the office to work in person. Now some of those government offices are closing. An employee with the USDA says they’re taking it one day at a time with more questions than answers.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE will close more than 20 federal government offices in Pennsylvania. Two are in the Midstate. DOGE says closing the Rural Housing Service in Swatara Township will save an estimated $119,066. Closing the Geological Survey office in Fairview Township, York County saves an estimated $454,138. It’s part of a plan to save taxpayer money.
“Every day we come in the office, there’s a different chaos because we have literally no idea what’s going to happen,” a USDA employee tells abc27. “All we’re trying to do is our jobs, which is help to rural folks and get these programs where they’re needed.”…