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| 'It's sort of scary': Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts |
| 2025-07-16 |
| [FoxNews] Officials defend 3,000 job cuts after discovering 'mindboggling' inefficiencies, including dozens of HR offices and 50-layer approval processes. Around half of those took a voluntary buyout, and the other half were given reduction in force (RIF) notices. "It took us three months to get a list of the people that actually work in the building," one senior State Department official told reporters during a briefing at Foggy Bottom on Monday, defending the job cuts that detractors have claimed will damage U.S. diplomacy. "They couldn't tell you how many people worked here," the official said. "It’s sort of scary as a taxpayer and as a public servant to think that we don't even know how many employees we have. This is a national security agency, you know. Who are these people?" |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 Eventually all government projects turn into a 'jobs' program. Always. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-07-16 18:49 |