“So what’s the goal? My experience in the private sector was that we (senior management) would set a reduction goal and then give the operating groups 1 month to come back with a plan on how they would achieve it. Further reductions were smiled upon.”
In this case, this isn’t anything like a private business because most private businesses are already running fairly efficiently and they don’t have multiple group with the same internal functions. That said, I think the opportunities here far outstrip what you could do with a downsizing in the private sector. It really comes down to just how big Trump’s balls are!
... and make this list match: List of Federal Agencies
Where the second link does not have an EXPRESS and DEFINITE allowance in the first link, delete it from the Government.
This is not rocket surgery.