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An Assessment of a Drastically Changed Federal Workplace in the United States |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Written by four experienced government employees, this article discusses many alarming changes that have been forced on the Federal government workplace over the past 20 years. The article identifies actions by elected and appointed officials that have greatly changed and weakened a workplace that was a model for America. Several attributes of the Federal workplace of the past and of the present are compared and contrasted. |
| Keywords: | Government employees Political officials Federal government Quality workplace Assessment Politicization Weakening government Business management Past government workplace Current government workplace Downsize Layoffs Contract‐out Privatize Civil Service Practitioners Workplace Government workplace American workplace Management American workers Change Replace workers Personnel reductions Weakened government Outsource Attack on government Dismantle government Retrenchment Personnel management pratices Hierarchical management |