As President-elect Trump seeks to shrink spending by targeting federal employees, experts note their pay is a much smaller portion of the budget than fees to contractors.
A federal labor leader expects “all kinds of actions that will be punitive to federal employees and their unions,” and promises to “pursue all legal options” against Trump policies.
Only within the last two weeks have the campaigns of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump named the leaders of their transition teams.
Customs and Border Protection’s settlement addresses pregnancy discrimination, policy changes and training for managers that could improve the agency’s culture.
The Partnership for Public Service lists federal employment issues, bettering government IT and providing “customer-friendly services” among needed improvements.