Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Bureau of Land Management staff face relocation or resignation as agency moves west

Employees at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) were given reassignment letters Tuesday as the agency marches toward its relocation across the West, giving staff 30 days to accept the move or face being booted from the federal workforce. The delivery of the letters means BLM employees will begin moving over the next four months, cementing a controversial plan that spreads about 300 Washington-based staffers across various offices out west and leaves just 61 of the bureau’s 10,000 employees in the nation’s capital. A copy of the letter obtained by The Hill makes clear that employees who do not choose to move could lose their jobs. Current BLM employees said the agency has not done enough to help employees who wish to remain in D.C. find another job elsewhere within the Department of the Interior as promised. “If you do not accept this directed geographic reassignment, you may be subject to a removal from federal service,” the letter reads. An official for BLM said it is “working hard to make sure every affected employee has information on all options available.” That includes career counseling, résumé-writing and interviewing workshops, and “identification of vacancies for interested and qualified employees within the BLM nationwide and within the Department of Interior in the DC area.” The agency, however, appears poised to lose a number of the employees Perry said he hopes to retain...MORE

2 comments:

Floyd said...

Those dedicated folks should cheer up.
At the very least Walmart can always use some new greeters.

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