Moving some federal functions to other places in the U.S.

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11/12/2013 12:34

Subject: Moving some federal functions to other places in the U.S.

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Anonymous

I have friends who work in government policymaking, and have heard that there is increased discussion about the benefits of farming out some federal functions, agencies, workforce, and jobs outside of the DC area. The jobs would still be federal government jobs, but they would be relocated and distributed across the country -- to Kansas, Alabama, California, etc. How do federal workers here in the Washington metro area feel about this idea?

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11/12/2013 12:37

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Anonymous

Um mnay federal are already not in this area....

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11/12/2013 12:38

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:Um mnay federal are already not in this area....

Most federal employees are located in DC metro.

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11/12/2013 12:44

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um mnay federal are already not in this area....

Most federal employees are located in DC metro.

http://www.fedsdatacenter.com/federal-employee-counts/

Breaks it out by state. Texas has the third most, in front of MD and just behind VA. The DC metro area has about 450K out of 2.7 million Feds.

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11/12/2013 12:48

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Anonymous

California has about 172,000 federal jobs, but the federal workforce in the DC metro area -- with about half a million or more (by now, that is a 2011 estimate) -- dwarfs even more populous regions (like CA).

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11/12/2013 12:48

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Anonymous

California has a lot, MD and VA just have really high percentages (which is true... what industries would they really have without DC?)

http://www.governing.com/gov-data/federal-employees-workforce-numbers-by-state.html

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11/12/2013 12:52

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Anonymous

I think it's a great idea. I'd love to live somewhere cheaper.

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11/12/2013 12:52

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Anonymous

I think it's a great idea, I'd love to live somewhere cheaper.

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11/12/2013 12:53

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a great idea, I'd love to live somewhere cheaper.

But wouldn't your pay also reflect the lower cost of living there?

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11/12/2013 12:54

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Anonymous

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11/12/2013 12:55

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Anonymous

California would be nice! Kansas, not so much.

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11/12/2013 12:57

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Anonymous

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's a great idea, I'd love to live somewhere cheaper.

But wouldn't your pay also reflect the lower cost of living there?

No, it currently does not work that way. If so, then the federal government should consider -- if only as a cost saving measure -- transferring some federal functions to those states and regions where the lower cost of living would permit them to pay less for those jobs.

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11/12/2013 12:57

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Anonymous

I don't think this is a new idea. I believe this was thrown around in the 50's and 60's.

Having the core four cabinet positions in dc (dod, state, treasury, doj)...but say move DoT to kansas, DoEducation to Boston, etc.

I agree with this..i don't think many departments need to be in DC at all.

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11/12/2013 12:58

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Anonymous

I would love to move elsewhere. The crummy housing here and the high cost of living isn't so good. But now since I own a house here, it would really suck if the federal government decreased its presence here. I'd be stuck with a massive mortgage and housing prices would decrease.

Both my spouse and I are feds, but for different agencies. It would be really hard to move one of us.

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11/12/2013 12:59

Subject: Moving some federal functions to other places in the U.S.

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a great idea, I'd love to live somewhere cheaper.

But wouldn't your pay also reflect the lower cost of living there?

No I used to be a fed in another state down south and the cost of living difference was very small like $2 or 3k. I actually had one of the highest paid jobs of anyone I knew there and would love to return because we were really able to save a lot of money.