Personnel Issues
THE DOWNSIZING REPORT
The trick, says Paul Light of the University of Minnesota, is to get rid of the jobs, not just the people. He'd
start with what he calls "alter-ego deputies," those whose principal function is to do the job of the head of a department, agency or branch when he or she isn't around. "In 1960, we didn't have associate deputy undersecretaries," says Light. "We didn't have assistant deputy assistant IGs."
from Targeting Middle Managers (January 1994)
'Silent RIF' Opposed (May 1997)
A proposed increase in agency contributions to federal employees' retirement funds would act as a "silent RIF," squeezing agency budgets and forcing agencies to lay off employees, the president of the Federal Managers Association said.
Permanent Temps (March 1997)
Downsizing, budget cuts and the changing nature of work itself are spurring federal managers to find new ways to use contingent workers.
Downsizing Ahead of Schedule (February 1997)
The 1998 Budget proposal summarized the federal government's progress in downsizing its workforce.
RIF Rule Changes Proposed (February 1997)
OPM considers relying less on seniority, more on performance during RIF considerations.
Buyouts: Don't Hold Your Breath (December 1996)
Buyout requirements for fiscal 1997.
Intelligence Lost (November 1996)
Who will fill the chairs of all the expert analysts who are expected to retire from the Defense Intelligence Agency in the next few years?
Phantom Management Cuts (October 1996)
A report says agencies are making little progress in meeting the Clinton Administration's goal of cutting the percentage of managers in the federal workforce.
Downsizing Isn't Bad News For Everybody (October 1996)
Far from spawning waves of layoffs, staff squeezing so far has simply boosted the number of retirements and resignations, primarily through buyout programs.
Rogue Webmasters (October 1996)
If an agency itself doesn't provide enough information on downsizing, someone else will.
Career Reconstruction Zone (June 1996)
One way the federal government is helping displaced workers.
Lost Youth (January 1996)
The federal government isn't just losing the confidence of the American people--it's losing its own young professionals to performance-driven private organizations.
Life After Government (December 1995)
How to deal with the prospect of jumping --or being pushed-- into the private sector.
Shrinkage Rap (May 1995)
Though the Administration should have no problem cutting
272,900 federal workers by fiscal 1999, some argue that the wrong people are leaving.
No Way Up (March 1995)
Downsizing has blocked many government managers from promotions they once expected.
Re-Entering the Job Market (September 1994)
It's been called streamlining, rightsizing, downsizing and dumbsizing. But if the law mandating cuts of nearly 273,000 people from the federal workforce is implemented as planned, you might be calling it unemployment.
New Blood (July 1994)
Even in an era of downsizing, the government needs infusions of young talent. But agencies are turning twentysomethings off and pushing them away.
Exodus (June 1994)
The great downsizing of the executive branch is under way.
But the reinvention of government that is supposed to make the job cuts possible has barely started.
Targeting Middle Managers (January 1994)
It's time for about half of the government's "administrators of red tape" to go, says President Clinton.
Placement Plight (October 1993)
An acclaimed recruiting and training program faces down the federal hiring freeze.
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