The Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced plans to shutter multiple buildings in Washington as part of an agency reorganization.
The agency will relocate its workforce out of the capital region and instead focus on five “hub locations,” which include Raleigh, N.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; Indianapolis; Fort Collins, Colo.; and Salt Lake City.
“In selecting its hub locations, USDA considered where existing concentrations of USDA employees are located and factored in the cost of living,” the department said in a press release. “Washington, D.C. will still hold functions for every mission area of USDA at the conclusion of this reorganization, but USDA expects no more than 2,000 employees will remain in the NCR.”…