Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Stepchildren’ Feds Who Work Outside D.C. Report Lower Engagement on Average July 23, 2019 At a time when the Trump administration is seeking to move more agency functions outside of Washington, D.C., a new interpretation of survey data shows that employees out in the field score slightly lower on workplace engagement than their colleagues in the capital.