September 12, 2004
REVOLUTION UNDER THE RADAR:
The Civil Service Will Never Be the Same (Stephen Barr, September 12, 2004, Washington Post)
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, reverberate through Washington and are reshaping the work lives of federal employees, in small and large ways. [...]The big changes facing federal employees are more difficult to explain and stir emotions of a different kind. They are about overhauling pay and personnel rules at the Defense and Homeland Security departments. Developing a new workplace culture at the FBI. Reorganizing the intelligence community.
Although proposals that can affect the careers and pocketbooks of employees create anxiety, the Sept. 11 attacks appear to be creating momentum for fundamental changes. [...]
Some of the biggest changes, however, are on the drawing boards at Defense and Homeland Security. For weeks, federal union leaders have complained that the Bush administration is trying to gut union rights and undercut employee rights to appeal disciplinary actions.
The way the Administration has used the cover of 9-11 to assault sclerotic civil service structures has been brilliant. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 12, 2004 2:37 PM
If only they'd used 9/11 as a reason to secure our borders....
Posted by: PapayaSF at September 12, 2004 3:55 PMYou'd be cleaning your own office at night.
Posted by: oj at September 12, 2004 5:17 PMMore likely that there'd just be fewer fast food restaurants.
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at September 12, 2004 5:50 PMOh, sure, OJ, we all remember those decades before the '80s when there were no janitors in existence!
Posted by: PapayaSF at September 12, 2004 9:39 PM