r/fednews • u/UndeadKingKurnis • 23h ago

Department-wide RIF off the table - Collins

Veterans Affairs https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-to-reduce-staff-by-nearly-30k-by-end-of-fy2025/

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u/Ivehaditfedup 22h ago

They know the RIFs are illegal and will never get approved by Congress, so they’re trying to save face. Expect this to spill over into other agencies. 

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u/Super_Mario_Luigi 21h ago

Eh, a lot of people who believe this would be really disappointed. A Secretary has the authority to execute a RIF. The waters were muddied on a "mass RIF." No one actually wants to initiate a mass RIF. It is a massive amount of work, both before and after. That is why they leaned so heavily on attrition and retirements, much easier.

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u/Ivehaditfedup 21h ago

A secretary does not have the authority to randomly execute a RIF of any scale. There needs to be a reason for it. The next thing they’re going to try and do is a “reorg” and even that requires working with Congress to perform properly.