The U.S. Agency for International Development’s global health staff will soon have a new space to call home as they are relocated from Washington, D.C. to Crystal City, Virginia. The agency is now tasked with finding creative ways to ensure the move does not disrupt bureau operations.
The move will create “significant new challenges to maintain productive relationships,” the management told bureau staff in a presentation obtained by Devex.
A number of offices in the Ronald Reagan Building — the agency’s colossal downtown headquarters — are scheduled for renovations, which prompted a “final decision” by USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah in July to relocate global health staff — about 500 employees — across the Potomac to the top four floors of an office building in the northern Virginia suburb.
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Michael Igoe@AlterIgoe
Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.
