Where Would You Move Agencies?

Where Would You Move Agencies?
Last month, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, proposed a plan for federal agencies to look toward moving offices outside of Washington, D.C. Chaffetz was specific in noting that the Homeland Security Department could move to Des Moines, Iowa to save the federal government money on rent and salaries.
This idea intrigued us here at GovExec and we asked for reader input. We received dozens of suggestions, ranging from the price-consciously serious to the politically absurd.
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Federal Highway Administration
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Washington, D.C.

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Chicago, Illinois
Sean Davis/Flickr
From a Reader:
"The agency has lost touch with its real customers—the State Departments of Transportation—and focuses far too much time working with, and trying to please, the alphabet organizations of institutional Washington."
NextSocial Security AdministrationNext:Social Security Administration PreviousWhere Would You Move Agencies?Previous:Where Would You Move Agencies?
NextEnvironmental Protection AgencyNext:Environmental Protection Agency PreviousFederal Highway AdministrationPrevious:Federal Highway Administration
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Social Security Administration
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Baltimore, Maryland

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? San Juan, Puerto Rico
James Willamor/Flickr
From a Reader:
"The agency could save millions of dollars due to paying less to employees and possibly being able to pay zero rent. It would be a great location due to year round perfect weather."
NextEnvironmental Protection AgencyNext:Environmental Protection Agency PreviousFederal Highway AdministrationPrevious:Federal Highway Administration
NextDepartment of AgricultureNext:Department of Agriculture PreviousSocial Security AdministrationPrevious:Social Security Administration
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Environmental Protection Agency
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Washington, D.C.

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Charleston, West Virginia
Henryk Sadura/Shutterstock.com
From a Reader:
"Lower cost of living, bring jobs back to where EPA destroyed them. The move would cause the out-of-touch East Coasters that run EPA HQ to get jobs elsewhere."
NextDepartment of AgricultureNext:Department of Agriculture PreviousSocial Security AdministrationPrevious:Social Security Administration
NextHealth and Human ServicesNext:Health and Human Services PreviousEnvironmental Protection AgencyPrevious:Environmental Protection Agency
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Department of Agriculture
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Washington, D.C.

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Kansas
Farmer Marion Krehbiel is seen in Kansas in 2014. Photo via USDA Flickr
From Readers:
"Closer to rural agricultural America and the new NBAF facility."
"Move to the farmland. Be where your rules impact real farmers and ranchers."
NextHealth and Human ServicesNext:Health and Human Services PreviousEnvironmental Protection AgencyPrevious:Environmental Protection Agency
NextPension Benefit Guaranty CorporationNext:Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PreviousDepartment of AgriculturePrevious:Department of Agriculture
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Health and Human Services
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Washington, D.C.

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Raleigh, North Carolina
Henryk Sadura/Shutterstock.com

From a Reader:
"The Park is now home to 170 companies that include Biogen Idec, Syngenta, United Therapeutics, Cisco, Bayer CropScience, Eisai, BASF, the U.S. EPA, NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS; the only NIH Institute/Center outside of the DC metro area), and the original research institute that launched the park, RTI International."
NextPension Benefit Guaranty CorporationNext:Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PreviousDepartment of AgriculturePrevious:Department of Agriculture
NextNational Weather ServiceNext:National Weather Service PreviousHealth and Human ServicesPrevious:Health and Human Services
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Washington, D.C.

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Greenville, South Carolina
Nicolas Henderson/Flickr
From a Reader:
"Better weather, shorter commute, lower cost of living, good amenities."
NextNational Weather ServiceNext:National Weather Service PreviousHealth and Human ServicesPrevious:Health and Human Services
NextDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentNext:Department of Housing and Urban Development PreviousPension Benefit Guaranty CorporationPrevious:Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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National Weather Service
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Silver Spring, Maryland

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Florida, Texas or Wyoming
From left: Johann Manzano/Flickr, Barbara Brannon/Flickr, Luke Lynch/Flickr
From a Reader:
"Any one of the areas are cheaper to run an organization. More available space, less congested and NWS work can be performed from anywhere. Video conferencing makes a good alternative to jet setting across the country. Many of the NWS employees can telework, which would reduce the overall office size."
NextDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentNext:Department of Housing and Urban Development PreviousPension Benefit Guaranty CorporationPrevious:Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NextNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNext:National Aeronautics and Space Administration PreviousNational Weather ServicePrevious:National Weather Service
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Where Is the Headquarters Now?: Washington, D.C.

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Des Moines, Iowa, or Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City barbecue restaurant Arthur Bryant's is shown in 2011. Photo via Paul Sableman/Flickr
From a Reader:
"The HUD Office in D.C. is extremely outdated, to say the least. If you have to build a new headquarters or give it a substantial rehab, you would think the cost would be much lower in the Midwest. As well, you would save a lot of money on salaries as the locality pay is much lower in the Midwest."
NextNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNext:National Aeronautics and Space Administration PreviousNational Weather ServicePrevious:National Weather Service
PreviousDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentPrevious:Department of Housing and Urban Development
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Where Is the Headquarters Now? Washington, D.C.

Where Do Readers Want to Move It? Roswell, New Mexico

Zach Frank/Shutterstock.com

From a Reader:
"Isn't it obvious?"
PreviousDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentPrevious:Department of Housing and Urban Development
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