The 1811 agencies are going strong. Go the sworn route, but be prepared to run the intense application process gauntlet.

Here is a fun fact, military bases are required by law (thanks to Congress and to "Al Gore Reinventing Government") to buy via the monopolistic commercially-outsourced "base supply store" -- even when Staples, Office Depot, or other suppliers have the exact same items for about 20% lower cost.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Current administration wants to eliminate the "my job is guaranteed safe" mentality that is common in the civil service. They want people in the civil service who are there despite the job not being safe or guaranteed.

Cool well maybe they should start with letting us fire under performers without jumping through a zillion hoops and taking 6 months.

Agreed.

Even most Feds would agree there was a lot of wasted spending in the government. The pity of it all is that they used a chain saw, but needed to use a scalpel.