Federal Workers More Likely To Die Than Lose Jobs

(USA TODAY) -- Federal employees' job security is so great that workers in many agencies are more likely to die of natural causes than get laid off or fired, a USA TODAY analysis finds.

Death - rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs - is the primary threat to job security at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of Management and Budget and a dozen other federal operations.

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