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by rafram 365 days ago
The Trump administration is doing the opposite of that — they've been aggressively closing regional branch offices and consolidating agencies in the DC area:

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/04/trump-a...

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/trump-administration...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hhs-close-regional-lega...

https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-rel...

If this NSF move is an indication that the White House now wants to distribute jobs more widely across the country, well, that's a real reversal of course from only a couple months ago.

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They've done both, and the purpose is the same. Moving office locations gets people to quit.