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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would Republicans who believe in smaller government want to move government jobs out across the US? It’ll just make it harder when they inevitably want to slash those jobs. You’ll get Repubkican politicians pushing back at any RIFs of their constituents. [/quote]

You can do both-slash some and move most of the remaining out.[/quote]

Agree this is what will happen.

It's much more palatable politically to have federal employees spread across the country. They contribute to economic stability, they pay into state/local tax coffers and the argument will be made that being "local" they are more in tune with your average Americans than those who are DC-based and entrenched.

Not to mention the salary savings - many jobs that are GS-12+ in DC could easily be reclassified to the GS-9 level elsewhere, and still be considered a very good wage, even for supervisory positions.  [/quote]

I’m not following the second paragraph- why would a GS-12 position be reclassified to a GS-9?  Locality pay would be less in most other metro areas, but that’s different than reclassifying positions to a lower grade. [/quote]

Why reclassify to lower grade? Simply put - because they can. Just like they can reclassify grades to be higher. In our area, the biggest fed office is Social Security. The supervisor there is a GS-9 who oversees about a dozen employees. They told me they desperately need more people to do the work in their office, but can't get positions. [/quote]

That’s interesting- my aunt recently retired from SSA as an 11, and was not a supervisor.  Not in this area, rust belt city. I’m surprised a GS-9 would be a supervisory position.  [/quote]

As an example, if I plug in my area/city (1M people in geographic area) the following open continuous announcement from ATF comes up. Note the requirement for mandated mobility! It is currently the ONLY federal job available for this area (along with 154 other communities in the US):

"Pay scale & grade
GS 5-7 Salary $39,576 - $63,733 per year

Industry Operations Investigator (IOI) positions are with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) in the Office of Field Operations (FO) Nationwide.

...If selected for this position, you will be responsible for performing the following duties:

Conduct investigations of firearms licensees and explosives licensees/permittees; investigations/inspections involving analyzing records, and referring leads identified involving firearms & explosives thefts to ATF Special Agents for further investigation.
Document and report discrepancies revealed from examining records and inventories; including evidence of falsification of records and inventories, suspicious purchases or potential trafficking uncovered in firearm transaction records reviewed.
Prepare reports detailing the facts found to document firearms licensee or explosives licensee/permittee is operating in accordance with the laws/regulations, and make recommendations for further necessary action.
Verify inventories utilizing intelligence databases to analyze records and examine business operations.

MOBILITY PLAN: New employees hired pursuant to this vacancy announcement must sign a mobility agreement... the mobility plan will facilitate the movement of employees through special short-term assignments or permanent reassignments throughout the Bureau. Applicants who decline to sign a mobility agreement, as required, will be removed from the hiring process."

I don't think many feds in the DC area realize what the environment is like elsewhere. When you look at the duties required and the pay scale for this particular position, it isn't hard to understand why people in the majority of the country look askance at "high-paid DC bureaucrats."

I think that is why if political spin is put on the issue, it will resonate with voters:  Eg. "All those bureaucrats in DC are making at least a hundred thousand dollars! Let's slash those salaries, double the positions, and we can bring good-paying gub'ment jobs to EVERYONE!"

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