Union locals representing USDA employees are calling on the Trump administration to release a cost-benefit analysis behind the department’s reorganization plan. The plan calls for USDA to relocate thousands of staff from Washington, D.C., to five regional hubs: Raleigh, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Fort Collins, and Salt Lake City. State and local USDA offices would also be consolidated into these regional hubs. Agri-Pulse reports that, in a letter to Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, the unions are seeking the rationale behind choosing the five hubs where employees are being consolidated.
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