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  • ‘Self-inflicted wound’: Pentagon comptroller warns Trump against mass firings of federal employees

    11/20/2024 9:27:08 AM PST · by Fish Speaker · 113 replies
    Breaking Defense ^ | November 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM | Michael Marrow
    WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s stated plans to tee up the firings of thousands of federal employees has shaken many in the career workforce and is damaging productivity, the Pentagon’s chief accountant warned today.Mike McCord, the Pentagon comptroller, also predicted the current continuing resolution would stretch until March and the fiscal 2026 budget will not arrive before April or May.Near the end of his first term in office, Trump signed an executive order reclassifying thousands of government employees — often the type who typically remain in place regardless of presidential administration — as new “Schedule F” staff without employment protections,...