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According to a Politico article, Trump is planning on signing an executive order that will shrink the size of the government workforce, and federal hiring. As well as shrinking agencies that work with domestic policy. However Trump doesn't know how hard it's going to be. Employees can leak confidential info to the press and Capitol Hill, unraveling some of the White houses best plans. Trump's aides are trying a new process called "reduction in force", which would allow his new administration to skip over the complex rules for hiring and firing federal employees. However the majority of the employees that are in the federal workforce work in security and defense related agencies, and Trump said he wouldn't do anything to those agencies during his campaign. Earlier, House Republicans brought back an 1876 rule that allows them to reduce salaries of individuals who work with the government using legislation. A career federal worker, told Politico, "they're basically creating an environment of fear within the government. In creating that culture of fear it's probably going to suppress some of the people from standing up to the administration." And instead of standing up, those who are close to retirement will most likely leave.
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