USDA science agencies' relocation may have violated law, inspector general report says
Aug 05, 2019 - Washington Post Blogs
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A federal watchdog challenged the Trump administration's authority to move two USDA science agencies out of Washington, in a report issued a few days after Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, praised the move for encouraging federal scientists to quit their jobs.
The plan to relocate the two agencies from D.C. to Kansas City may have run afoul of the 2018 appropriations act, according to a report released Monday from the USDA's Office of Inspector General.
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