USDA Seeks to Sell South Building in DC as It Relocates Staff

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the US Department of Agriculture is officially starting the process of turning the South building, its headquarters in Washington, DC, back over to the General Services Administration.

• More than 70% of seats in South building are empty, Rollins said in a Wednesday announcement
• In July, the department announced plans to cut Washington, DC, area jobs by more than 50% and relocate employees to offices across the country in a bid to cut costs
  • About a third of the US Department of Agriculture’s employees in the Washington area left the agency last year from January to ...