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The FBI could be moved and plenty of talent could be found.  You take one extreme example and paint the rest of the gov.  Absurd[/quote]
Most FBI agents have advanced degrees, and recruiting is very competitive.  But the FBI is probably the least sensible agency to move, since most employees are spread throughout the country anyway.[/quote]

Most of the feds I know have advanced degrees and strong qualifications from before they came to their current jobs.  Very few came from DC originally.  They aren't exactly a dime a dozen.  You would be hard pressed to find folks like that in the average small town America town.  You'd end up having people relocating there from halfway around the country anyhow.  It would be a pointless disruption, and having agencies scattered all across the country in far flung towns would seriously hamper collaboration.  There are hundreds of different and dynamic workgroups and meetings around DC which draw feds from dozens of agencies where they cross-pollinate on ideas and solutions, whether open data, tech, or other communities of practice.  All of that would go away.  Government would become much more dysfunctional and backwards if everything were to become dispersed.  Agencies would become much more insular and stovepiped.  It would be a major step backwards.[/quote]

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