法院下令的中止令禁止美国农业部发布或执行“任何其他重新分配或迁移通知或指令的全部或部分内容”。尽管法院命令暂停了这些行动，美国农业部仍在向员工发送更多迁移通知，作为其大规模重组计划的一部分。
A court-ordered stay prohibits USDA from issuing or enforcing "any other notice or directive of reassignment or relocation in whole or in part." The Agriculture Department is sending more relocation notices to employees as part of its sweeping reorganization plans, despite a court order putting those actions on hold.
《政府行政》获得的一封管理指令性重新分配（MDR）信函显示，美国农业部第二大部门自然资源保护局告知员工，他们将被“永久重新分配”离开现有岗位。
In a management-directed reassignment (MDR) letter obtained by Government Executive, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA’s second-largest component, told employees they are being “permanently reassigned” from their current positions.
这封由代理副局长斯科特·爱德华兹签署、日期为10月28日的自然资源保护局信函称，员工迁移自11月1日起生效，但由于近期的一项法院命令，“地理重新分配将在当前法院禁令解除后方可生效”。作为美国农业部更广泛重组计划的一部分，自然资源保护局原计划将员工迁往全国多个“中心”地点。
The NRCS letter from Acting Associate Chief Scott Edwards, dated Oct. 28, states employee relocations are effective Nov. 1, but due to a recent court order, “geographic reassignment will not be effective until the current court order injunction is lifted.”As part of USDA’s broader reorganization plans, NRCS planned to relocate employees across the country to several “hub” locations.
爱德华兹写道：“在自然资源保护局致力于在全机构范围内提升效率之际，对全机构运营职能的领导和管理存在迫切需求，将您重新分配到这一岗位将使本局得以实现这一目标。”
“As NRCS works to implement efficiencies across the agency, there is a critical need for leadership and oversight of operational functions across the agency and reassigning you to this position will enable the agency to achieve this,” Edwards wrote.
尽管有此附加说明，美国农业部发送这些迁移通知似乎违反了法院命令的条款。
Despite this caveat, USDA sending these relocation notices appears to violate the terms of the court’s order.
10月13日，旧金山的一名联邦法官在一起质疑美国农业部计划将约2600名员工迁往全国各地的诉讼中批准了中止令。截至8月底，美国农业部已发出约725封管理指令性重新分配信函。
On Oct. 13, a federal judge in San Francisco granted a stay in a lawsuit challenging USDA’s plans to relocate about 2,600 employees across the country. USDA sent about 725 MDR letters, as of late August.
由美国地区法院法官文斯·查布里亚签署的中止令规定，禁止美国农业部“发布或执行管理指令性重新分配信函或任何其他重新分配或迁移通知或指令的全部或部分内容”。美国农业部已向第九巡回上诉法院提起上诉，但上诉法院目前维持了下级法院的裁决。美国农业部未立即回应置评请求。
The stay, signed by U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria, states USDA is prohibited from "issuing or enforcing MDR letters or any other notice or directive of reassignment or relocation in whole or in part." USDA appealed the ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, but the appeals court has kept the lower court’s ruling in place for now. USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
上周，美国农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯在与记者通话时表示，该部门“正全力推进重组”，据美联社报道。
In a call with reporters last week, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said the department is “full-bore ahead in the reorganization,” according to reporting from the Associated Press.
罗林斯说：“我们今天比以往任何时候都更相信这件事——让美国农业部走近我们的服务对象，也就是美国农村，以及西部的林务局。”
“We believe in it more today than we ever have — taking the USDA to our constituents, which is rural America, the Forest Service out West,” Rollins said.
美国农业部发言人上周拒绝澄清罗林斯这番话的具体含义，并表示“她的评论本身已经说明了一切”。该发言人说：“任何进一步的回应都将提交给法院，而不是媒体。”
A USDA spokesperson last week declined to clarify what Rollins meant by her statement, and said “her comment speaks for itself.”“Any further responses will be filed with the court, not the press,” the USDA spokesperson said.
美国农业部一直在开展法官暂缓令未明确禁止的重组活动。自然资源保护局最近推出了一个“关键空缺”门户网站，让员工有机会申请当地通勤区域内的空缺职位。自然资源保护局员工必须在11月2日前申请当前职级或更低职级的可用职位。
USDA has been carrying out reorganization activities not explicitly barred by the judge’s stay. NRCS recently launched a “critical vacancy” portal, giving employees the opportunity to apply for open positions in their local commuting area. NRCS employees have until Nov. 2 to apply for available positions at their current grade level or lower.
与《政府行政》分享的截图显示，自然资源保护局在其关键空缺门户中列出了位于得克萨斯州沃思堡、科罗拉多州柯林斯堡和北卡罗来纳州罗利的“枢纽办公室”职位。
Screenshots shared with Government Executive show NRCS is listing positions at “hub office” locations in Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Collins, Colo.; and Raleigh, N.C., in its critical vacancy portal.
在法院发布暂缓令之前，许多自然资源保护局员工收到了意向通知，告知他们可能很快需要搬迁到这些枢纽地点之一，才能保住在该机构的工作。许多员工表示他们无法搬迁，并预计如果美国农业部获准推进其计划，他们将不得不辞职。
Prior to the court’s stay, many NRCS employees received letters of intent, informing them that they may soon need to relocate to one of these hub locations in order to keep their jobs with the agency. Many employees say they’re unable to relocate and expect they will have to quit their jobs if USDA is allowed to proceed with its plans.
美国农业部表示，搬迁将使员工更接近其所服务的农民、牧场主和其他客户。但大约90%的美国农业部员工已经生活和工作在华盛顿特区地区之外。
USDA says its relocations will bring its employees closer to the farmers, ranchers and other customers it serves. But about 90% of USDA employees already live and work outside of the D.C. area.
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