Congress moves agency by agency to cut rights of feds, limit their pay, facilitate their dismissal

The Washington Post: Currently in the dock – workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Defense Department.

Earlier this week we wrote about defense legislation that would double the probationary period for civilians to two years during which they could be more easily dismissed, allow a delay in certain pay raises and permit layoffs with less consideration given to length of service and veterans’ status. Together, the Pentagon and the VA, the two largest agencies, employ about half the federal workforce. What happens to them is an indication of what’s coming to the rest.

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