The State Department is moving forward with a plan to eliminate or consolidate more than 300 of its offices and bureaus, according to documents provided to lawmakers and employees on Thursday, leading to a reduction of more than 3,400 employees and 45% of its structural entities.

The changes, outlined in the multiple documents obtained by Government Executive and Nextgov/FCW , will address “bureaucratic overgrowth” and streamline functions with overlapping responsibilities, the department said, though some reforms to bureau missions are also included in the reorganization. The plans presented Thursday offer more detail than those first laid out by State Secretary Marco Rubio in April, though the number of employee reductions was first reported by Government Executive earlier thi

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