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FBI to reassign 1,500 employees outside of D.C. area, vacate current HQ, Patel says

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Sean Michael Newhouse

Government Executive

The FBI is planning a major move—away from its crumbling downtown Washington headquarters and, for some employees, out of the capital region entirely. Director Kash Patel says the J. Edgar Hoover building is no longer safe for the workforce, and that dispersing agents nationwide better reflects where crime actually happens. While plans to relocate the HQ to Maryland were shelved after President Trump returned to office, Patel’s push signals a broader shift: decentralizing the Bureau and distancing it from the political crossfire of D.C. Sean Michael Newhouse with Government Executive has the full story.

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