Linda McMahon Plans $43,000 Office Refit as She Pushes to Close Education Department
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 28
Linda McMahon Plans $43,000 Office Refit as She Pushes to Close Education Department
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 28
Summary
$43,278.64 in planned spending would buy Linda McMahon a new desk, conference table, chairs and other office furniture, according to Education Department records reviewed by The New York Times.
Her team told Congress the current furniture is worn out and cannot be aesthetically or configurationally integrated into the department's new office space; the department did not provide a detailed cost breakdown.
The purchase comes after McMahon said in March that the department would leave its seven-story Washington headquarters for a smaller privately owned building one block south.
McMahon has framed the move as part of shrinking the federal education footprint, saying it would save about $5 million a year while she lobbies Congress to shut down the department.