Posted on 12/31/2016 11:36:44 PM PST by Windflier
Several federal agencies are accelerating hiring in the final days of the Obama administration to ensure that as many new employees as possible are in place before President-elect Donald Trump imposes a promised hiring freeze.
Leaders at these agencies are filling open positions with transfers and outside hires and are making internal promotions before Trump takes office Jan. 20, according to internal documents and interviews.
The hiring could increase tensions between the Trump transition team and the Obama administration — a relationship that has grown worse in recent days due to disagreements over how the United States should handle its relationship with Israel and the issuance of new sanctions against Russia over its role in hacking incidents tied to the election.
Sean Spicer, the incoming White House press secretary, said in an interview late Friday that an agreement was struck in November that no new hires would be made after Dec. 1.
“After the election, the current administration notified us there would be a hiring freeze as of Dec. 1,” he said. “The understanding was that there would be a full accounting of anyone put on the payroll after then.”
White House Office of Management and Budget spokeswoman Shannon Buckingham said in an email early Saturday, “On Dec. 7, the administration imposed a moratorium on the hiring of senior executives within the civil service, known as the Senior Executive Service or SES.”
“This policy is consistent with previous transitions and is intended to ensure that incoming agency heads have the opportunity to make or approve executive hiring decisions that will impact the agency’s performance in the next administration,” she added.
According to an OMB official who asked for anonymity to discuss a private conversation, OMB senior adviser Andrew Mayock told Trump’s transition team executive director Rick Dearborn at a Nov. 21 meeting that the administration intended to halt any new SES hires as of Dec. 7. While Dearborn asked for a list of any new hires in that category after the election, and Mayock acknowledged that request, the official said, Mayock did not commit to providing such a list.
What could possibly go wrong?
It is sad because my agency hires some really talented people, but there is a large number of stories that really make you wonder where they dig up the freaks.
The impotent dolt obama trying vainly to flex his muscles; he’s doing nothing but make problems ahead - something he loves to do.
I hope that Trump gets a pastor and a priest to cast out demons before they take possession of the WH and government offices.
Watch Trump get into the hiring records & dismiss every single person hired after Dec 1.
It isn’t like you can hide all that information.
I always jokingly said about the place where I worked, that there were two things they’d fire you for, espionage and timecard fraud, and I wasn’t entirely certain about espionage.
I knew a couple guys who were dancing on the edge but once they were warned, they straightened up.
Of course, I would walk across an empty parking lot into the building for a day shift and 8 hours later walk back out across an empty parking lot. The day workers had managed to fill up the parking lot and put in an 8.5 hour day in the meantime. Go figure.
And we won’t even mention how long a lunch “hour” really was.
Jan 20th at 12:01p, you’re fired!
New federal employees serve a one year (and sometimes two year) probationary periods where they don’t have civil service protections and can essentially be fired or removed for any reason without recourse. Trump could essentially remove every federal hire that started after January 20th 2016 with a simple executive order. Now, unfortunately, once thy complete their probationary period, it takes an act of congress (almost literally in some cases) to pry them out of their jobs.
Will they steal the silverware too?
Tacky little creeps... lucky for them the MSM lies and covers for them...
Yup! And that works for high-level numbnuts who may be difficult to fire. Nothing says their office has to be in a certain location and of a certain size, or that they have phone access or a network connection. Hire someone else to watch their every move, such as when arriving in the morning, taking lunch breaks, bathroom breaks, leaving at the end of the day, etc. Terminate on any infraction.
How about sending the parasites to huge warehouses where Trump’s campaign peaches play 24x7, there is no WIFI, cell service is blocked, and the only phones are coin operated. Also take away all government issued electronics like computers and phones.
My comment wasn’t aimed at you in particular...but a general response to the knee jerks comments painting all government employees with the same broad brush.
Hence the word “all” ...
That too!! :-)
My comment wasn’t aimed at you in particular...but a general response to the knee jerks comments painting all government employees with the same broad brush.
Hence the word “all” ...
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