Erickson pointed out that Fort Collins’ locality rate is 30.52 percent, resulting in almost no payroll savings. And although Salt Lake City’s locality rate is 17.06 percent, Utah’s public land is ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today vigorously defended the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the Agriculture Department at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. “President ...

The plan is not yet finalized and still subject to change, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden repeatedly stressed to members ...

Deputy Ag Secretary Stephen Vaden told senators the plan is designed to attract the next generation of USDA leadership by ...

Ahead of a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s plans to reorganize the Agriculture Department, two former officials and a prominent professor of food studies ...

North Carolina’s capital is one of five U.S. cities that will gain hubs as the USDA downsizes and shifts staff from its ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls the USDA reorganization a "half-baked plan." Sen. Adam Schiff questions whether it will help farmers ...

The vast reorganization announced last week by Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins received mostly negative reviews from current and ...

The USDA plans to relocate thousands of D.C.-based employees to five regional hubs including Fort Collins in Colorado.

The US Department of Agriculture has named Raleigh as one of five new hubs, part of a plan to relocate federal workers from ...