The Air Force said it will implement new flexibilities for a third round of civilian buyouts and early outs to help minimize the negative effects of the department’s downsizing measures.
More than 100 House members signed a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking him to back off the ongoing downsizing of the Defense Department’s civilian workforce to fiscal 2010 levels.
The Air Force on March 23 announced a third round of buyouts and early outs.
The U.S. Postal Service could cut as many as 2,000 employees under a reduction-in-force resulting from USPS plans to shut down more than 200 mail processing facilities.
The Office of Personnel Management is asking agencies to provide data on their use of student loan repayment incentives.
The Energy Department wants to trim the payroll at the Los Alamos National Laboratory by 400 to 800 workers. If the lab doesn’t get enough volunteers, involuntary layoffs might be coming.
The Army is tapping re-employed federal annuitants to help it meet its acquisition workforce needs.
The union that represents more than 200,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs has accused the department of illegally outsourcing jobs that traditionally have gone to veterans.
A recent survey indicates that only a small fraction of college students indicate they plan to work for the federal government.
The Government Printing Office said a round of buyout and early out offers in 2011 has reduced its workforce numbers to the “lowest level in the past century.”