Outgoing OPM chief hits incoming GOP policies on hiring and firing feds

The Washingon Post: Beth Cobert was named acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) soon after news broke about the cybertheft of personal information belonging to 22 million federal employees, contractors, applicants and their families.

She leaves office this week as the federal workforce faces other potential afflictions — incoming Trump administration policies and increasingly aggressive Republican efforts to plunder workplace protections.

With workplace-related pledges by President-elect Donald Trump looming, coupled with congressional actions and proposals, the federal workforce is bracing for a turbulent term.

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