Originally published at: DRAINING THE SWAMP: Federal Employees Unhappy After Agricultural Dept. Relocated from DC to Kansas City | Sean Hannity
Federal Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) turned their backs on Secretary Sonny Perdue this week after the Trump official announced many research positions would be relocated to its new headquarters in Kansas City.
“Members of the American Federation of Government Employees turned their backs on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday, apparently over plans to relocate them from Washington to the Kansas City area,” reports The Hill.
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees turn their backs on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue https://t.co/boG4uTGasx pic.twitter.com/rh3YLRzIWh
— The Hill (@thehill) June 13, 2019
“Following a rigorous site selection process, the Kansas City Region provides a win win,” Perdue said in a Thursday statement, “maximizing our mission function by putting taxpayer savings into programmatic outputs and providing affordability, easy commutes, and extraordinary living for our employees.”
“There is already a significant presence of USDA and federal government employees in the region, including the Kansas City ‘Ag Bank’ Federal Reserve,” Perdue adds. “This agriculture talent pool, in addition to multiple land-grant and research universities within driving distance, provides access to a stable labor force for the future. The Kansas City Region will allow ERS and NIFA to increase efficiencies and effectiveness and bring important resources and manpower closer to all of our customers.”
American Federation of Government Employees members from NIFA snd ERS turn backs on Agriculture Secretary Perdue at session on their unwanted relocation from DC to Kansas City area. #USDA pic.twitter.com/40JlVtuXFl
— Jerry Hagstrom (@hagstromreport) June 13, 2019
“The total savings of the projected move — about $300 million over 15 years — is based on a cost-benefit analysis of relocation to the Kansas City area that the department released on Thursday. Several congressional Democrats have called on the department for months to release such a study,” adds Politico.
Read the full report at Politico.
