The head of the OMB, Mick Mulvaney, currently does not have a lot of spare time, serving as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and as interim White House Chief of Staff (a 24/7 job in its own right). But if he is on board (and why wouldn’t he be?), he could well designate a team to prepare quick plans for downsizing, now that the various agencies have seen how little they need so many of the furloughed bureaucrats. That would make the furloughs qualify for RIFs.
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IIRC, this plan already exists, and Mulvaney helped with it. Total overhaul and merger of Departments plans to reduce costs and increase efficiency was completed in 2017, and part of the budget proposal for full year budget.
Budgets run from fall to fall ending in Sept. or Oct.-can’t recall exactly. I don’t have the links, but I did post them to the thread early on. There’s a flow chart, and dept. charts, IIRC.
Keep an eye on Mick Mulvaney. He has a future. Whip smart and can juggle balls and talk (coherently) all at the same time.
As a pinch hitter, he could be a president. I’m looking only at Pompeo and Mulvaney this last year. Pomp has gravitas (High military and heavyweight) and Mulvaney is all brains and Energy.