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Trump Administration Misled Congress to Justify Relocating Employees, IG Says

Government Executive: Trump administration officials misled Congress in justifying the relocation of an Interior Department component outside of Washington, a government watchdog found on Tuesday, with the agency overemphasizing the extent to which cost factored into the decision.

The Bureau of Land Management opened its headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado, earlier this year and moved hundreds of employees out of the capital region and into western states. BLM told Congress it had to leave its Washington headquarters near the U.S. Capitol Building, which the agency leased from a private owner, because the space became too expensive. Interior’s inspector general, however, found BLM never verified the cost exceeded a government-wide cap and misrepresented the true cause for its planned relocation.

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