Posted on 03/05/2020 5:09:42 PM PST by yesthatjallen
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has lost more than half of its Washington-based employees who were slated to move out West as the agency pushes ahead with a controversial plan to relocate staff.
New internal numbers from the Interior Department obtained by The Hill show 69 employees have left the agency rather than accept the new assignment. Another 18 left after the plans were announced but before they could be reassigned.
Those 87 employees outnumber the 80 who have agreed to the move.
The figures are at odds with the ones referenced in December by acting BLM Director William Perry Pendley, who said in an email that roughly two-thirds of staffers had agreed to move.
This is a huge brain drain, said Steve Ellis, who retired from BLMs top career-level post in 2018. There is a lot of really solid expertise walking out the door.
The Interior Department, which oversees BLM, did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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We should start to relocate all the federal agencies. Why not build the new FBI headquarters in Peoria, Illinous?
DRAINING THE SWAMP!
Yay more positions to cut from Big Government.
Now do the State Department.
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I suggest Nome, Alaska
I know of a fed that used to run his own heating and air conditioning company out of his cubicle. He took the day off whenever he had a job. This was about 20 years ago.
good news.
#35. My late father-in-law invaded Tinian during WW2. Might have to do it again if your suggestion is accepted. /sarc
Move the entire federal gub mint out of the D.C. area and when those folks refuse to move, don’t hire replacements.
Damned federal worthless gub mint is waaaay too large any way.
Ship all those bureaucrats out to Nowhereville, Flyover Land.
One way to get some of the swamp to pull the starter cord on the gas powered muck pump...
Midland-Odessa would be worse :)
The 1870's called. They want their mule back.
If the whole goal of your plan was headcount reduction to begin with then why would you hire anyone?
Who cares? They are free to leave... they want to be in DC they can find private employment there.
Oh the brain drain...
Guess what, yes it may cause some issues in the short term, but no one, no one is irreplaceable.
Brain drain?
What are they working on at BLM? Antigravity?
So in other words, they really didn’t need that job.
Yeah, the odds are pretty good. For every dedicated superstar government worker, there are about 50 drones.
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