Federal Government Policy and Business

Dozens of Lawmakers From Both Parties Implore Justice Dept. Not to Cut 6,000 Jobs

Government Executive: Fifty-two members of Congress across the ideological spectrum are asking the Justice Department not to eliminate 6,000 jobs, imploring officials to reconsider a recent mandate to eliminate the positions.

The lawmakers said the the Bureau of Prisons should not cut the thousands of vacancies at federal facilities nationwide, noting they were only unfilled because the agency has not lifted the hiring freeze President Trump issued on a governmentwide basis in January 2017 and ended a few months later. The decision would threaten the “safety of our correctional officers and the security of prisons,” the lawmakers said in their letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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