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The Federal Relocation Arc is a network of facilities surrounding Washington, DC designed to ensure the survival of non-military components of the United States government in the event the capital city of Washington is overrun or otherwise rendered uninhabitable during a war or other serious emergency. Departments participating in the Federal Relocation Arc are primarily agencies that might not themselves be military targets but could have their operations disrupted should a catastrophe occur in the capital.

There are three layers of facilities in the Federal Relocation Arc, each of which is designed to be progressively more survivable and fortified than the previous. In the event intelligence or rising tensions indicate a serious emergency may soon develop, cabinet-level agencies of the United States government would activate three "emergency teams" sequentially lettered "A", "B", and "C". Each pre-designated emergency team generally consists of 60 to 100 staff who are capable of running the most critical functions of the government agency they represent. Following an alert, an agency's "A" team would relocate to a secure underground facility located within, or immediately adjacent to, its normal headquarters building in Washington, D.C. The "B" team would relocate to a dedicated space set-aside for it at the High Point Special Facility in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. The "C" team would relocate to a dedicated facility the agency maintains approximately 20-30 miles outside of Washington.

After the onset of emergency, the "A" team would continue to operate the agency in question until it was destroyed or its ability to communicate with the outside world was cut-off, at which time the "B" team would seamlessly assume control. Following the destruction of, or loss of communication with, "B" team, authority for the operation of the agency would transition to "C" team. Should "C" team no longer be able to function, administrative control of the agency could diffuse to regional offices.

Front Royal, Virginia is the location of previously used "C" team sites for both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of State.