Concerns about hiring freeze’s disruption, costs spur request for audit

The Washington Post: Two Democratic senators active in overseeing management of the government want an audit of the Trump administration’s general federal hiring freeze, raising concerns about the potential impact on service to the public and noting that prior freezes were found to be disruptive and expensive.

“Across the board cuts and a shrinking of the total federal workforce are not the answer to making the federal government more efficient or effective,” Sens. Gary Peters (Mich.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) plan to say in asking the Government Accountability Office to conduct a review similar to one it did of freezes imposed by the Carter and Reagan administrations.

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