USDA announces plans to decentralize, close several DC buildings

The Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced plans to shutter multiple buildings in Washington as part of an agency reorganization.

The agency will relocate its workforce out of the capital region and instead focus on five "hub locations," which include Raleigh, N.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; Indianapolis; Fort Collins, Colo.; and Salt Lake City.

"In selecting its hub locations, USDA considered where existing concentrations of USDA employees are located and factored in the...