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  "path": "/2026/06/07/employees-face-decision-deadline-under-usda-relocation-plans/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T01:42:56.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Work & the Economy",
    "AFGE",
    "American Federation of Government Employees",
    "April McClain-Delaney",
    "BARC",
    "Beltsville Agricultural Research Center",
    "Brooke Rollins",
    "federal relocation",
    "federal workers",
    "Food Safety and Inspection Service",
    "Forest Service",
    "National Treasury Employees Union",
    "NTEU",
    "relocation costs",
    "U.S. Department of Agriculture",
    "USDA"
  ],
  "textContent": "As part of its sweeping reorganization plans, the Agriculture Department is telling at least some federal employees they have until the end of the month to decide whether they will pick up and relocate — or otherwise resign from their jobs.",
  "title": "Employees face decision deadline under USDA relocation plans"
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