I've been back in DC for the past 5 years working on government projects. But most of the past 40 years, I was out on the field working at various cities in "field" situations.
Just the other day, I was listening to CSPAN and someone brought up the idea of re-distributing the central headquarters of certain departments and agencies around the country. I applaud the idea, since I found invariably there's a cultural milieu that colors a particular locale that would have much less significance in the way the federal government functions in day-to-day transactions than when all the agencies and departments are in the same area of the country, viz., the DC district.
Moreover, some administrators just don't want to live in the northeast corner of the country! They want to raise their kids elsewhere, too!
Personally, I welcomed living around the country, but then I started my volunteering when I was near retirement age.
I recommend that the government be driven by hiring/bringing on a project team (many times as leader) the best thinkers that are doers and let these have deciding vote for agency/department headquarters. I know that sounds weird, but I have my reasons!
Anyway, I wanted to voice my opinion that I think it would be a good thing if all the major decision-making weren't fashioned in the same geological location of the country by people who come to think alike, culturally or go work in business!
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