Ex-interior officials: Zinke’s proposed overhaul unnecessary

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Ex-interior officials: Zinke’s proposed overhaul unnecessary

Most already work in the field, they say
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to move more Interior Department employees out of Washington and into the field, closer to the public lands and resources they manage, saying that will lead to improved, decentralized decision-making. More than 90 percent of the department’s employees already work outside the Washington area, and some retired department employees say the agency already has a well-established decentralized decision-making process.

Ex-interior officials: Zinke’s proposed overhaul unnecessary

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to move more Interior Department employees out of Washington and into the field, closer to the public lands and resources they manage, saying that will lead to improved, decentralized decision-making. More than 90 percent of the department’s employees already work outside the Washington area, and some retired department employees say the agency already has a well-established decentralized decision-making process.
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