On January 23, 2020, the Washington Post reported that over 1,600 scientists left the federal government during the first three years of the Trump administration. That represents 1.5 percent of the total federal scientific workforce. According to the Washington Post report, "[t]he exodus has been fueled broadly by administration policies that have diminished the role of science as well as more specific steps, such as the relocation of agencies away from the nation’s capital."