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USDA relocation

After USDA Antideficiency Act violation, lawmakers push bill for more relocation oversight

Although USDA met its obligations to notify Congress about a transfer of funds to support NIFA’s relocation, the department did not meet the same requirements…

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USDA relocation

Those Agriculture Department agency relocations continue to throw off lessons learned

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Top Biden administration officials promise to rebuild, set new tone with federal workforce

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After the relocation gutted their workforces, USDA research agencies struggle to rebuild

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Shutdowns, relocations and mergers defined a whirlwind 2019 for the federal workforce

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Agencies facing reorganization, relocation suffer major drops on Best Places to Work rankings

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(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown in Seattle. Disruptions from last month’s partial government shutdown caused a “shocking” deterioration in the IRS’ telephone help for taxpayers in the first week of the filing season, the agency’s watchdog said in a report released Tuesday, Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

What federal union members are saying about a potential government shutdown

In today’s Federal Newscast, four out of five members of the National Treasury Employees Union say they’re starting to worry about the impact of a potential…

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Plans to relocate some 550 USDA employees fall vastly short of initial expectations

The Agriculture Department said short-term contractors, employees on detail from other agencies and reemployed annuitants are all part of its strategy…

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Senator concerned USDA move is starting to affect research operations

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) says the USDA relocation is delaying implementation of the Farm Bill.

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