DOGE Announces Government Office Closings in Central PA

Internal Revenue Service

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced that it is closing several government offices in Central Pennsylvania as part of its plan to save taxpayers’ money.

With an estimated saving of $105 billion or $652.17 per taxpayer, hundreds of offices are on the chopping block. These include the IRS and United States Fish and Wildlife offices.

Here are locations in Central Pennsylvania that will see closures, according to DOGE:

Altoona

  • Internal Revenue Service National Office
    • Total saving estimated at $282,389
    • Annual lease cost for the office is $70,597

 

Local services eliminated include: Account inquiries; Basic individual tax law assistance; Check or money order payments; Departing alien clearances; Form 911 PDF, Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assistance; Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return; Identity Protection Personal Identification Number Request; Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers and Form W-7 (More Information); Payment arrangements; and Tax forms

 

State College

  • United States Fish and Wildlife Services
    • Total saving estimated at $823,748
    • Annual lease cost for office is $197,699
  • Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division
    • Total saving estimated at $45,491
    • Annual lease cost for the office is $12,131

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish and wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) enforces federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. WHD also enforces the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, wage garnishment provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, and a number of employment standards and worker protections as provided in several immigration related statutes.

DOGE said they are working to upload all the information in a “digestible and transparent manner,” adding that they will continue to update weekly.

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