USDA: Response to reorganization is negative 

The Agriculture Department has published a report on responses to its requests for comment on the Trump administration’s plans to reorganize the department. 

Government Executive noted today that USDA “received overwhelmingly negative feedback on its plan to relocate thousands of staff and consolidate dozens of offices, as employees, lawmakers and stakeholders said it could lead to a significant brain drain and disruptions to key farmer-support programs.”

USDA said, “This report synthesizes feedback from over 46,845 emails across a variety of stakeholder groups including employees, Congress, tribes, state and local governments, unions, non-profit organizations, educational institutions and citizens.”

“While USDA received a total of 46,845 messages in the reorganization@usda.gov, approximately 14% were duplicative messages, had no text or were spam and marketing emails. Of the 86% of messages remaining, 43% were from duplicative senders. Form-letters or campaign emails comprised 68% of the total messages received.”