The White House has instructed federal agencies to prepare for large-scale layoffs, known as reductions-in-force (RIF), following an executive order. Agencies have two weeks to submit plans for significant employee reductions, focusing on eliminating non-mandatory functions while ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities. The initiative aims to enhance efficiency in service delivery despite having no specific target for cuts. Exemptions exist for pivotal roles including military personnel and jobs tied to public welfare services. This initiative could affect the approximately 2.3 million federal employees across various departments.
To date, job cuts in the federal workforce have mostly affected probationary employees who are relatively easy to fire - RIFs are a more drastic step.
Agencies should focus on the maximum elimination of functions that are not statutorily mandated while driving the highest-quality, most efficient delivery of their statutorily-required functions.
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