OPM wants agencies to prioritize employees’ performance, not tenure, during RIFs
Podcast:The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton Published On: Fri Mar 06 2026 Description: Agencies may soon make their layoff decisions based on performance, rather than tenure. A new proposal from the Trump administration seeks to reverse agencies’ current order of operations when deciding who to remove, or retain, in a reduction-in-force. Here with the latest, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.