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FCC, FTC Dodge Bill That Would Move 30% of Agencies' Workers Outside D.C. Area

A proposal by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to relocate 30% of the workforce of every executive agency to outside the Washington, D.C., area wouldn’t affect the FCC or FTC. Both are classified as independent agencies and therefore fall outside the…

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bill’s scope. Ernst filed the Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nationwide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices Act earlier this week. It could affect NTIA, part of the Commerce Department, if enacted.