By Ryan Hanrahan
Progressive Farmer’s Chris Clayton reported that “USDA agencies will close fewer than half the number of offices originally listed by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as cost-saving measures, with at least 61 USDA offices removed from the DOGE website nearly three months after their original listing.”
“DTN reviewed the listings of nearly 500 federal agency offices on the DOGE website after U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., announced (last) week that USDA had reversed plans to close nine offices across his state,” Clayton reported. “…In March, DOGE had listed at least 110 USDA offices across nine agencies for lease cancellations, amounting to an estimated $59.3 million in contract savings. Now, the DOGE website lists 49 USDA offices slated for closure with listed total savings of just under $19.5 million. Still, the revised DOGE list also appears to be inaccurate or out-of-date.”
“Across the entire federal government, DOGE has culled back its list of canceled leases from 793 in mid-March down to 485 possible office closures now,” Clayton reported.
Source : illinois.edu