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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Contractors are used when the government wants the flexibility to staff up for finite or indeterminate periods of time, but not indefinitely.  Normally, a caveat which wouldn't have been necessary in years past, government employees have considerable job security; once hired, [b]they are (were) rarely terminated involuntarily before retirement eligibility[/b].  These days, things are obviously different, but contracting still offers the government a way to hire people for what are anticipated to be temporary needs.  Contracting is also a way to hire SMEs at higher salaries than allowed by the government's pay scales.  [/quote]

In the past (when govenment jobs were stable), can government employees be terminated involuntarily without cause if they reach retirement eligibility?[/quote]

They could be RIF'd.

Note that choosing who to RIF based on age is flat illegal in the US - regardless of where someone works.

IBM has lost at least 2 class action lawsuits when they targeted people at/above a certain age for layoffs. Very very expensive lesson for IBM. [/quote]

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