{"id":11592,"date":"2019-01-16T11:25:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=11592"},"modified":"2019-01-16T11:25:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:25:47","slug":"trumps-shutdown-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/trumps-shutdown-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s shutdown trap?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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American Thinker<\/strong>, by Thomas Lifson — 1\/15\/2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State into a trap that will enable a radical downsizing of the federal bureaucracy?  In only five more days of the already “<\/em>longest government shutdown in history<\/em><\/a>” (25 days and counting, as of today), a heretofore obscure threshold will be reached, enabling permanent layoffs of bureaucrats furloughed 30 days or more.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t believe me that federal bureaucrats can be laid off?  Well, in bureaucratese, a layoff is called a RIF \u2013 a Reduction in Force \u2013 and of course, it comes with a slew of civil service protections.  But, if the guidelines are followed, bureaucrats can be laid off \u2013 as in no more job.  It is all explained by Michael Roberts <\/em>here<\/em><\/a> (updated after the beginning of the partial shutdown):<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A reduction in force is a thoughtful and systematic elimination of positions.  For all practical purposes, a government RIF is the same thing as a layoff. …<\/p>

Organizations must stick to predetermined criteria when sorting out what happens to each employee.  They must communicate with employees how and why decisions are made. …<\/p>

In deciding who stays and who goes, federal agencies must take four factors into account:<\/p>


1.    Tenure
2.    Veteran status
3.    Total federal civilian and military service
4.    Performance
Agencies cannot use RIF procedures to fire bad employees. 

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