{"id":2099,"date":"2025-01-25T23:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T23:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-moves-to-upend-federal-bureaucracy-touch-off-fear-and-confusion\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T23:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T23:28:24","slug":"trumps-moves-to-upend-federal-bureaucracy-touch-off-fear-and-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-moves-to-upend-federal-bureaucracy-touch-off-fear-and-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An Education Department employee was attending a funeral this week when she got the call: She was being placed on administrative leave because she works on projects that connect Black students, among others, to federal government programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A disabled veteran employed at the Department of Veterans Affairs grew emotional when he heard about the rescinding of telework options, unsure whether it would mean the end of his job taking care of fellow soldiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A Federal Trade Commission employee was so anxious that he told family members not to talk about politics on unencrypted lines. Across government agencies, workers eyed one another nervously, wondering whether a colleague would report them, accusing them of resisting the new administration\u2019s move to end certain programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump\u2019s rapid push to overhaul the federal bureaucracy in his first days in office has been met with a mix of fear, fury and confusion throughout the work force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dozens of employees across the government, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because of worries of retribution, described agencies gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the new policies and workers frantically trying to assess the impact on their careers and families. As the nation\u2019s largest employer, the upheaval in the federal government could reverberate in communities throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Starting on Inauguration Day, the orders and memos came down one after the other, many crafted in the pugnacious tone of a campaign speech: the shuttering of \u201cRadical and Wasteful\u201d diversity programs in federal agencies; the stripping of civil service protections from a share of the federal work force; the end to remote work, which, one administration memo claimed, had left federal office buildings \u201cmostly empty\u201d and rendered downtown Washington \u201ca national embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">All new hiring was frozen, job offers were rescinded, scientific meetings were canceled and federal health officials were temporarily <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/health\/trump-health-communications.html\" title=\"\">barred from communicating<\/a> with the public, a directive that some understood as so broad that it even extended to making outside purchase orders for lab supplies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For the more than two million federal workers, roughly four-fifths of whom live outside the Washington area, change is inevitable whenever a new administration takes over. But few had expected it to come at this speed and scale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey are being upended in the most brutal and traumatic way imaginable,\u201d said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that works to promote excellence and best practices in the federal government. Mr. Stier said he had deep concerns about the consequences of Mr. Trump\u2019s swift changes on the ability of the country to face a range of threats, from terrorism to pandemics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An ambition to change things is reasonable, he said. But \u201cthe speed is unnecessary and destructive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Federal employees looked to their supervisors for guidance, but said they often had none to give, as they tried to interpret brief orders and memos with few specifics. For example, the return-to-office memo said employees with a disability could be exempt, but it was unclear what kind of disability might qualify. Some managers said they knew nothing beyond what was in the news. Adding to the panic were remarks by the president himself, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/24\/us\/los-angeles-wildfires-california\/trump-fema-states-disasters?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">suggested<\/a> on Friday that he might consider shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which employs 20,000 workers around the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokesperson from the Office of Personnel Management defended the actions in a statement, calling them \u201cexciting steps to build a federal work force based on merit, excellence and accomplishment, so we can have a government that serves the public effectively and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have already saved millions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars that are no longer directed to DEIA programs that wasted millions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars and discriminated against federal workers,\u201d the statement said, referring to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Donald F. Kettl, an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland who studies the civil service, said there was widespread consensus among experts that the civil service is in need of changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s too hard to hire, it\u2019s too tough to fire, and there\u2019s too little match between the civil service system and the capacity government needs to handle 21st-century challenges,\u201d Dr. Kettl said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But he said that many of the Trump administration\u2019s proposed changes would be counterproductive. \u201cThey\u2019re focused much more on shifting the balance of power than they are on improving the results of government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Inside federal offices, the mood has been tense and anticipatory. One employee at the Homeland Security Department said the staff felt at risk of being fired at any moment. At the Commerce Department, employees were terrified whenever a meeting was called, one worker said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The isolation is deepened, some federal employees said, by the fact that most of their fellow Americans <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/doge-musk-trump-corruption-government-efficiency-16243280f446ea85ef50ff106c7e2841\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">see the federal government<\/a> as bloated and inefficient. Some said that reform, if it were well thought-out, would be healthy and welcome. But many noted that they had accepted significant pay cuts to work for the government because they believe in public service \u2014 issuing Social Security checks, keeping air travel safe and inspecting food, among other roles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe reality is that the American economy needs my agency\u2019s work,\u201d said Colin Smalley, a geologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the president of his local of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. \u201cWe keep construction projects going, ports and waterways open, power grids functioning, and we protect communities from natural disasters and help affected communities recover. Hurting our mission hurts the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Compounding the anxiety was a directive from the Office of Personnel Management instructing agency heads to turn over by Jan. 24 names of those who were still in their probationary period, typically within one or two years of their hiring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The directive noted that such employees \u201ccan be terminated during that period without triggering appeal rights,\u201d and that managers should determine whether they should be retained, according to a copy obtained by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jacqueline Simon,<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>the<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>policy director for the American Federation of Government Employees, which has about 300,000 active members across dozens of agencies, said that attempts to terminate federal employees still in their probationary periods could have damaging effects on government services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For example, she said, employees of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, who work in meat and poultry plants to prevent diseased animals and other contaminants from entering the food supply, frequently leave within a year because the job is so depleting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a job you stay in long,\u201d Ms. Simon said, calling the work \u201cdirty and dangerous.\u201d If the Trump administration were to remove everyone in the service who was still on probation, she added, there would be a severe shortage of inspectors at meat processing plants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An attorney at a federal enforcement agency said he works on a team of more than a dozen lawyers, more than half of whom are still in their probationary period. If the team were to lose all of its members still on probation, the attorney said, it would be \u201ccatastrophic\u201d for the team\u2019s ability to shoulder its law enforcement responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the most sweeping changes made by Mr. Trump in his first week was to order federal workers back to the office full time by later next month, ending years of a flexible telecommuting policy, which in many offices dated to well before the pandemic. For some who want to keep working for the government, this could mean selling homes, changing children\u2019s schools and moving hundreds of miles in a matter of weeks. New mothers are debating whether they will be able to return from maternity leave, and couples have been forced to choose who gets to keep their current jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many offices do not currently have enough room for all of the employees to come back. This, some contend, is the whole point. Shortly after the November election, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the men tapped by Mr. Trump to remake the government, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?st=YNHNeR\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: \u201cRequiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think we know where it looks like he\u2019s trying to go, which is to force people to quit,\u201d said Representative Glenn F. Ivey of Maryland, a Democrat whose district is home to tens of thousands of federal workers. \u201cThey\u2019re going to try and force a lot of federal employees out of work, and then replace them with political loyalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/21\/us\/politics\/trump-schedule-f-federal-workers.html\" title=\"\">The administration\u2019s efforts are already<\/a> being challenged in court by unions and other groups, who argue, among other things, that the lifting of civil service protections runs afoul of laws governing federal workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among the first to feel the direct impact of the president\u2019s new policies were employees working on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and programming. Mr. Trump ordered the immediate shutdown of all such offices, with their staff placed on administrative leave by Wednesday at 5 p.m. Agencies were ordered to draw up plans to lay them off by Jan. 31. The administration also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/us\/politics\/trump-order-discrimination-federal-hiring.html\" title=\"\">threatened<\/a> employees with \u201cadverse consequences\u201d if they failed to report on colleagues who defy the orders within 10 days, setting up a special email account for such reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Education Department employee who was placed on leave while she was at a funeral said she had worked on an acclaimed program connecting students with scholarships and industry leaders, and helped Black people tap into government programs they often did not know existed. In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">various communications<\/a>, the Trump administration has called such efforts \u201charmful\u201d and \u201cwasteful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI guess if that\u2019s harmful, then I\u2019m proud of providing that harm \u2014 empowering the community to be better because we are brilliant,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just don\u2019t have the access to generational wealth and nepotism that they have, so we have to teach people how to make it for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a work force that is nearly 20 percent Black, many employees said there could be another consequence of the moves: making the federal government whiter and less diverse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By the end of the week, some employees said wearily that they did not know how long they could hang on. Many described conditions as reminiscent of the McCarthy era, and were despondent to see how quickly their office\u2019s leaders acquiesced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the Department of Labor, staff members watched a colleague who had been recently hired to a civil service position be escorted out because she was a former political appointee. One employee said her manager required her to scrub the website not only of the words \u201cdiversity, equity and inclusion,\u201d as the executive order required, but also of references to \u201cunderserved\u201d and \u201cmarginalized communities.\u201d Afterward, she said, she went into a closet, called her mother and wept.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday morning, Moriah Lee, an analyst at NASA, joined a virtual town hall to learn what all the orders would mean for her small team, which monitors and audits projects in the space program. The acting supervisors, people she had known personally for years, made it clear to everyone that they were not inclined to show flexibility, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gone was the weekly speaker series that had been organized under the diversity program, which had brought in deaf people, combat veterans and others to share their experiences. Gone was her ability to live in Nashville and go twice a month to an office two hours away in Huntsville, Ala.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the meeting, she and her colleagues went back to their jobs. They were rattled, she said, but not afraid. \u201cThe people who are acting most in fear are the ones in authority,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the change to remote work, combined with the other directives, was just too much for her. And so Ms. Lee sent in her notice: Nearly six years after she began working for the federal government, she was resigning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Kate Kelly<!-- -->, <!-- -->Hamed Aleaziz<!-- --> and <!-- -->Sheryl Gay Stolberg<!-- --> contributed reporting from Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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