Around 2,600 workers — more than half the Washington, D.C. workforce — will be moved to five hubs stretching from North Carolina to Utah, Rollins said. The union representing federal workers immediately criticized the plan as a ploy to cut federal jobs, pointing out that some 95% of the department’s employees already work outside Washington.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will move thousands of employees out of the nation’s capital in a reorganization the agency says will put them closer to customers while saving money,

Around 2,600 workers — more than half the Washington, D.C. workforce — will be moved to five hubs, stretching from North Carolina to Utah, Rollins said. The list of cities includes Fort Collins. The union representing federal workers dismissed the relocation plan as a ploy to cut federal jobs,