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Education Department, greatly reduced by Trump, changing DC headquarters
The Education Department’s HQ move to a smaller Washington office is part of program transfers to other agencies and aims to save taxpayers money, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Education Department announced it will relocate from its Washington headquarters to smaller office space in August as part of the Trump administration's effort to dismantle the agency.
- Mass layoffs since President Donald Trump took office have thinned the department's ranks, leaving its headquarters building 70% vacant while the administration transferred programs through 10 interagency agreements.
- Over the last year, programs overseeing family engagement, low-income school funding and teacher training moved to Health and Human Services and the Labor Department, while Treasury Department recently assumed management of student loans in default.
- Education Secretary Linda McMahon hailed the relocation as a milestone, saying the administration made "unprecedented progress in reducing the federal education footprint," while American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 President Rachel Gittleman condemned the move as signaling education is "next on the chopping block.
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Education Department headquarters will relocate as part of Trump’s dismantling
The Education Department will relocate from its headquarters to a smaller Washington office as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency, officials said Thursday.
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Education Department, greatly reduced by Trump, changing DC headquarters
The Department of Education announced Thursday it would be moving out of its current headquarters in Washington, D.C., which has been 70 percent vacant after half of its workforce was cut as part of President Trump’s efforts to eliminate the agency. The Education Department will move to another smaller building in the city, with projected…
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Education Department headquarters will relocate as part of Trump's dismantling
The Education Department will relocate from its Washington headquarters as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency, officials said Thursday.
·United States
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