The Department of Agriculture has announced it is moving most of its employees outside of Washington , DC. Here's where they are going: Raleigh Kansas City Indianapolis Ft Colins Salt Lake City I vote for doing this across the federal government. For example, there's no reason the Department of Transportation should be in Washington. 

Kansas wheat ready for harvest. Move the Department of Agriculture to where farmers grow crops. As you are looking for ways to save money and make a refocused federal government run better, here's a suggestion: Disperse the Federal Government. Move much of it far outside of the Beltway. Here are some examples of where the shrunken departments should go: Department of Agriculture to Kansas City or Wichita Department of the Interior, Denver* Department of Transportation, Chicago You get the idea. In addition, Congress should suspend civil service regulations so that good people move and the less productive are given a "buyout."   The use of government jets needs to become the exception rather than the rule. Cabinet secretaries should fly first class commercial. When they do so, they should pass through the same TSA nonsense the rest of us have to go through. The advantages of this are vast. Let's consider the ag department: Having Agriculture department employees in tou...