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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don’t want to go to Congress. They don’t even actually want to RIF us. They want us to quit or be fired. They are hoping the threats of RIF make us take the fork.

I would like to read some good articles about what happened during the Clinton RIFs but from what I’ve always heard, they took years to complete and were such a disaster that no president has tried it since. [/quote]

One way or another, the undeniable fact is that the federal government needs to become more efficient.[/quote]

I doubt there is any more bloat in the Federal Government than any other large corporation. Feds are essentially doing what Congress (and the Prez) wants us to do. Are there programs that are legacy and could be retired? Sure. But take that up with Congress. Everytime someone suggest shutting down a program a Congress-critter wails "but my district"![/quote]

This!!! Feds have tried for years to shutter some programs. We know exactly where the inefficiencies are but we can’t stop it. One person, somewhere, once stole an ink pen and now we have to go through 100 layers to get more ink pens. Contracting is out of control, but you all wanted less feds and more contractors so here we are. Ethics is so strict (rightly so!) but now requires a team of people to manage. 508 compliance- yep a team of people to manage plus many contractors. You want to fire someone? It will take a year and will be excruciatingly painful for the manager. So painful you won’t want to fire anyone else. (Thank unions for that one. Their rules have made feds worse)[/quote]

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