Former federal employees join Democrats to rally against coming RIFs | NYGazet

At a press conference Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers joined with former federal employees to blast agencies’ RIF announcements under the current shutdown.

Now in the third week of the partial government shutdown, tensions are rising rapidly over the impending wave of reductions in force across federal agencies. In the aftermath of several agencies’ RIF announcements late last week, federal employees jo... [6203 chars]