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Union: plan cuts budget on feds’ backs

Members of the House have introduced a bill to cut the federal workforce by 10 percent. Federal News Radio asked Bill Dougan, president of the National Federati...

Federal News Network Staff

June 6, 2011 7:21 pm

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Members of the House have introduced a bill to cut the federal workforce by 10 percent.

The Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 (H.R. 2114) would also prevent agencies from hiring contractors to replace federal workers unless there is a “financial advantage to the government.”

The bill would limit the number of employees starting in fiscal 2015 to 90 percent of the total as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Federal News Radio’s Francis Rose spoke with Bill Dougan, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, who said this proposal aims to balance the federal budget on the backs of federal employees.