Source: FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK, 6/3/20


The Agriculture Department began reopening its 12 facilities in the National Capital Region Monday, in accordance with “phase one” of its reentry plans. Though USDA employees learned of the department’s “phase one” status on or around June 1, few employees returned to the office on Monday.  “USDA started its phase 1 reopening in line with D.C., Maryland, and northern Virginia, bringing all National Capital Region (NCR) political appointees back on June 1,” an agency spokesperson said in an email to Federal News Network.

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