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And in the latest episode of Extreme Makeover: Government Edition, we are about to find out what happens when the clueless spoiled Billionaire, dives headlong into the deep end of the pool … The Federal Employee Staffing Pool that is ...
Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs
federalnewsnetwork.com — Jan 31, 2025
During an internal meeting Friday morning, Trump administration officials directed OPM senior career staff to begin making plans to cut the agency’s workforce and programs [not statutorily required] by 70%. Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the meeting confirmed the details of the meeting to Federal News Network.
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Trump administration officials told agency office leaders and associate directors at OPM [Office of Personnel Management] to prepare briefs over the weekend detailing all of their work and programs that are statutorily required. By Monday, all OPM offices are expected to give political leaders organizational staffing charts with plans for an initial 30% reduction for both federal employees and contractors.
“People around OPM look like they have seen ghost. People are shocked,” a source told Federal News Network by email.
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AND in related Government Dismantling news ...
Elon Musk’s Aides Take Over U.S. Government HR Agency, Restrict Access to Key Systems
econotimes.com — Feb 1, 2025
Elon Musk’s team has taken control of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), restricting senior career officials' access to critical databases containing sensitive personal data of millions of federal employees [Social Security numbers, pay grades, and other workforce details]. The move, part of President Donald Trump’s plan to streamline the federal workforce, has raised concerns over oversight and cybersecurity risks. [...]
OPM’s new leadership has also implemented drastic changes, including offering buyouts with eight months’ pay and encouraging employees to leave. Memos sent by acting OPM head Charles Ezell have bypassed traditional government communication channels, causing further confusion among agency staff. Some employees have compared the takeover to a “hostile corporate restructuring.”
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Among the new appointees at OPM are SpaceX’s former VP of HR, Brian Bjelde, and ex-Tesla engineer Riccardo Biasini. Amanda Scales, a former Musk employee, now serves as OPM’s chief of staff. The changes have sparked concerns about government transparency and potential political interference in federal workforce management.
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What do you get, when you put an erratic, billionaire racist in charge of a “Hostile Government Takeover” of the Fed’s central HR Dept?
What could possible go wrong?
Ah, I dunno … the Hostile Takeover of Twitter — and its remake into X, comes to mind.
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Who needs employees, policies, or the best interests of the customers … Not Leon. Not Trump.
Calling that “X” make-over disastrous, doesn’t describe the half of it.
Trump wants to do to Government, what he has done to his own businesses all his life — drive them into the ground, to the point of corruption, insolvency, bankruptcy, and beyond.
Not.His.Problem.
And he’s found just the “Apprentice” to help him accomplish his mad tyrant’s dreams ...
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Postscript: This corrupt Billionaire’s dreams, have a strange inextricable way of becoming everyone else’s Nightmare.
Somewhere in a place called The Twilight Zone. (AKA Trump’s America)
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