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Leadership Corner


I want to communicate directly with you today about important decisions we are making regarding our agency facilities. Today we are sharing the completed review of regional offices and research facilities as part of our broader reorganization effort. Through this review we identified more than $16 million in cost savings through local facility consolidation while avoiding the need for any additional directed relocations beyond those already identified for National Capital Region employees. In total we reviewed our regional offices and 64 research and development sites seeking a more efficient, cost-effective footprint while minimizing disruption for employees. The review found that...
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