Trump ends his federal jobs freeze as he moves forward with plans to overhaul the government and ‘drain the swamp’

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
By Paul Martin

Trump’s ending his federal hiring freeze as part of the top-to-bottom reorganization – but telling agencies due for cuts to start laying people off
‘This is a big part of draining the swamp,’ Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said
The White House official talked up the effort as a ‘major accomplishment’ and bragged that Trump was getting the gears in motion in his first 100 days
The President’s discretionary spending budget was poorly received by Congress and is unlikely to make it through the legislative branch
Yet the White House wants agencies to ‘begin taking immediate actions to achieve near-term workforce reductions and cost savings’

By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
DailyMail.com
12 April 2017

President Donald Trump will begin the next phase of his massive overhaul of the federal government Wednesday, directing agencies in a memo to bring their operations in line with his proposed budget immediately.

Agencies he’s said he wants to slash should cut their workforce accordingly, a copy of the memo that was provided to DailyMail.com says.

‘This is a big part of draining the swamp,’ Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters Tuesday.
Trump will end his federal hiring freeze as part of the top-to-bottom reorganization.

Mulvaney said some departments would see their operations beefed up in the process. Others will see cuts.

‘Consistent with the president’s priorities in the budget, certain agencies will end up hiring more people,’ he said.

The Department of Defense, which Trump has designated for a $54 billion plus up, and the Veterans Affairs Department, slated to receive $4.5 billion more than it did this fiscal year, should plan to bring on additional support staff, he said.

Environmental Protection Agency workers should brace themselves for layoffs, Mulvaney indicated. The federal agency will get $2.5 billion less in fiscal year 2018 if Trump has his way.

‘It’s up to them to sort of come up with ideas on how to do that and effectively put the president’s priorities into play,’ he said of the EPA on Tuesday.

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