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Much tougher talk....I like it. I also like that all the depts he wanted transferred have survived both bills...so far.

Flexibility re: civil service is critical too. I keep being reminded of the guy who worked for the BPA. This guy was caught on tape, urinating into desk drawers of his female co-workers. There had been complaints for months prior to the taping of his actions. It almost took an act of Congress to get him removed. And even then, if I recall correctly, he was let go under the ADA with full disability pay and benefits. SIMPLY because the civil service laws are SO restrictive re: hiring and firing.

I agree with you. I can personally attest to the inefficiency of the Civil Service, having worked for it for a short time. It took only a few weeks to see that some people are actually overworked, while many are definitely underemployed, all within the same agency. Still, nobody could transfer an underworked employee to a department which was desperate for help because the union would not allow it.
It's about time the Civil Service and their union was given a good shake up.

Also beyond the pale is that the Dems want to put off having all load-on baggage checked for explosives for another YEAR. Bush NEEDS to get rid of the Civil Service's boondoggles.

from the article: "Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., said the president's plan amounts to "a blank check to hire, fire, sanction, whatever, individual employees."...

Make that, "government employees"...

First off, this is what it's like for everyone who's not a union employee...not to start a flame war here, but union benefits really do come out of the "benefits" of the lower level so-called "white-collar employees"...

Second off, I'm all for fair labor practices, even if it takes legal action, which we have recourse to...what I object to (and the President likewise, apparently) is the inability of employers to stop spending their/our money to pay employees who are inadequate or incompetent, but are tenured/unionized...

Finally, it's really the "flexibility" that's crucial here...re-organizing the existing bureaucracys is a huge task in itself, but I would just point out the upset that ensued when Mr. Mineta announced "no arming of pilots" a while back...I kind of admire W's "strategery" on that one!!!