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Clay Applauds USDA for Bringing New Federal Jobs to
Former Army Records Center in Overland
USDA to Establish New Operations Center in St. Louis County

-ST. LOUIS, MO- Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri announced today that the US Department of Agriculture will bring 100 full-time jobs and 300 part-time jobs to a newly established USDA Operations Center, to be located at the former Army Records Center at 9700 Page Avenue in Overland. “I want to thank Secretary Tom Vilsack for bringing these good jobs back to the federal facility on Page Avenue,” said the Congressman. "Its great news for St. Louis County because this new center will not only create good jobs, it will also reutilize federal property in an energy efficient, cost-effective way that will benefit our entire community.” The new USDA center will centralize data collection and processing to better serve the statistical needs of agribusiness and family farmers.

“This new, centrally located facility will help standardize and streamline the survey operations conducted by USDA around the country, and help ensure that we collect the best and most useful data about agriculture,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

The new NASS National Operations Center is expected to open in late 2011. It will be located at the Charles F. Prevedel Federal Building, the site of a former U.S. Army federal records center. U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is currently working on converting the center to a new resource-efficient and environmentally sound facility, which will hold LEED silver certification. The GSA plans to invest $35 million dollars into improvements over the next five years.

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