The deputy secretary with the USDA says the agency is well into implementing its announced reorganization plans.
Stephen Vaden says the goal of relocating several mission areas into five regional hubs is to improve cost savings and efficiency.
“And that’s by getting more of our employees closer to the people that we serve and save money doing so by shedding buildings here in Washington, D.C., which have $2 billion worth of backlog maintenance and are more than 60% empty,” he says…