President Trump was not kidding about making efforts to shrink the size of government. Today the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent an email to millions of federal employees offering them a choice: Get on board with the Trump administration’s new approach or simply send a replay email to OPM containing the word “resign.” The page on OPM’s website about this offer is titled “Fork in the Road.”
During the first week of his administration, President Trump issued a number of directives concerning the federal workforce. Among those directives, the President required that employees return to in-person work, restored accountability for employees who have policy-making authority, restored accountability for senior career executives, and reformed the federal hiring process to focus on merit. As a result of the above orders, the reform of the federal…
