Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Friday that her “best guess” is that 50 to 70 percent of USDA workers based in the Washington area will relocate to the department’s five new hubs around the country.
Details: Rollins, speaking on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” said USDA may fill vacant positions with people based in the areas of Salt Lake City; Fort Collins, Colorado; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Missouri; and Raleigh, North Carolina, where the department wants to grow its footprint as part of a reorganization plan she announced Thursday.
“Our best guess is that perhaps 50 to 70 percent of our Washington, D.C., staff will want to move — they will actually take that relocation,” she said.
Rollins suggested that the USDA workers based in the capital region who don’t relocate should seek jobs in the private sector.
