From: Sopris Sun
"Each of the 550 agency positions that report to Washington, D.C., were sorted, using four questions: Is the position necessary to deliver the results for its respective national program? Does it need to be in Washington, D.C.? If not, where is the best place for it to be? The final test was whether the job needed to be close to the BLM director on a daily basis. One hundred sixty-six positions are already spread out across the West. “Some of them are in law enforcement; some are in the Wild Horse and Burro Program and other national programs,” said Balash."