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The federal government puts out a 'help wanted' notice as Biden seeks to undo Trump cuts
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The federal government puts out a ‘help wanted’ notice as Biden seeks to undo Trump cuts
By Lisa Rein
May 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
The Federal Bureau of Prisons, its staff depleted by Trump-era hiring freezes, is advertising for thousands of jobs. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is bringing on dozens of lawyers after being gutted by four years of budget cuts. The Agriculture Department is moving to replace hundreds of scientists who fled or were forced out by the last administration. ... At the Justice Department, officials are looking to hire civil rights attorneys — and the Energy Department is recruiting for senior energy efficiency and renewable energy roles that went unfilled when Donald Trump was president.
That’s a fraction of the growth in the federal bureaucracy that the Biden administration would like to see, according to a $1.5 trillion preliminary budget the White House released in April, which directs billions of dollars into hiring to help curb climate change, restore enforcement of environmental and workplace laws, and expand safety net programs in housing, education, public health and veterans’ health.
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Some programs that are crucial to Biden’s agenda are so short-staffed that his administration can’t yet fully implement his policies, among them enforcement of fair-housing and workplace safety laws. A number of decisions by the Trump administration, including the relocation of key economic research and land management offices, are proving hard to reverse.
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The Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division lost about 14 percent of its staff, data shows — just one area where Trump gutted enforcement and weakened rules to protect worker pay, retirement and safety. In-depth inspections and investigations plummeted. ... Biden has promised to double the number of inspectors at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which fell 12 percent under Trump to their lowest level in 40 years due to hiring freezes and a failure to fill vacant jobs, according to Jordan Barab, a senior leader at the agency during the Obama administration. But it will be two to three years before they’re trained and fully qualified to be in the field, Barab said.
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Andrew Ba Tran contributed to this story.
By Lisa Rein
Lisa Rein covers federal agencies and the management of government in the Trump administration. At The Washington Post, she has written about the federal workforce; state politics and government in Annapolis, and in Richmond; local government in Fairfax County, Va.; and the redevelopment of Washington and its neighborhoods. Twitter https://twitter.com/Reinlwapo
The federal government puts out a ‘help wanted’ notice as Biden seeks to undo Trump cuts
By Lisa Rein
May 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
The Federal Bureau of Prisons, its staff depleted by Trump-era hiring freezes, is advertising for thousands of jobs. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is bringing on dozens of lawyers after being gutted by four years of budget cuts. The Agriculture Department is moving to replace hundreds of scientists who fled or were forced out by the last administration. ... At the Justice Department, officials are looking to hire civil rights attorneys — and the Energy Department is recruiting for senior energy efficiency and renewable energy roles that went unfilled when Donald Trump was president.
That’s a fraction of the growth in the federal bureaucracy that the Biden administration would like to see, according to a $1.5 trillion preliminary budget the White House released in April, which directs billions of dollars into hiring to help curb climate change, restore enforcement of environmental and workplace laws, and expand safety net programs in housing, education, public health and veterans’ health.
{snip}
Some programs that are crucial to Biden’s agenda are so short-staffed that his administration can’t yet fully implement his policies, among them enforcement of fair-housing and workplace safety laws. A number of decisions by the Trump administration, including the relocation of key economic research and land management offices, are proving hard to reverse.
{snip illustration that doesn't display correctly and several paragraphs}
The Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division lost about 14 percent of its staff, data shows — just one area where Trump gutted enforcement and weakened rules to protect worker pay, retirement and safety. In-depth inspections and investigations plummeted. ... Biden has promised to double the number of inspectors at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which fell 12 percent under Trump to their lowest level in 40 years due to hiring freezes and a failure to fill vacant jobs, according to Jordan Barab, a senior leader at the agency during the Obama administration. But it will be two to three years before they’re trained and fully qualified to be in the field, Barab said.
{snip}
Andrew Ba Tran contributed to this story.
By Lisa Rein
Lisa Rein covers federal agencies and the management of government in the Trump administration. At The Washington Post, she has written about the federal workforce; state politics and government in Annapolis, and in Richmond; local government in Fairfax County, Va.; and the redevelopment of Washington and its neighborhoods. Twitter https://twitter.com/Reinlwapo
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