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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Coburn Calls On OPM To Fire Feds 'Paid To Do Nothing'

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has written to Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry, saying the office should take steps to offload federal workers and contractors who don't show up for work, aren't performing official duties or "are simply not working at all."

In the letter, Coburn, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said doing so could prevent the need to furlough critical employees under sequestration.

"Thousands of essential federal employees performing critical missions from food safety to national security are being threatened with furloughs, while others who are literally paid to do nothing or do not even show up for work are being retained," Coburn wrote.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

They would have to fire half the government employees , I estimate 50% are do nothings. Been going on for many years , the Navy Dept. has a very bad record for this type of crap.(desk workers)

Anonymous said...

5:13 - agreed...and most of them are gimme jobs...the people are incapable/unqualified to actually perform the tasks of that area of the 'business'.

I have seen so many that have alphabet soup behind their names, yet can't make a decision let alone form a piece of good communication.