United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-03-13 monographic deposited born digital 48 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-54 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54 P0b002ee18039bec1 f:gg95054 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54 GGD-95-54 Federal downsizing Human resources utilization Reductions in force Personnel management Federal employees Corporations State employees Foreign governments Labor force Retirement benefits National Performance Review Federal Service Priority Placement Act of 1994 Florida Iowa Minnesota Oregon Texas Canada Australia New Zealand Chapter Report GGD By fiscal year 1999, federal agencies must reduce employment levels by about 270,000 full-time equivalent positions, or about 12 percent of the federal civilian workforce, excluding the Postal Service. To obtain information that might be of value in carrying out federal downsizing, GAO contacted 17 companies, five states, and three foreign governments that had downsized in recent years. This report presents a compendium of the approaches these employers used, as described by managers: the planning involved, the methods used to reduce their workforces, and the human resources aspects of the downsizing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54.pdf GAO/GGD-95-54 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-54 Chapter Report GAO/GGD-95-54; Workforce Reductions: Downsizing Strategies Used in Selected Organizations; Federal downsizing Human resources utilization Reductions in force Personnel management Federal employees Corporations State employees Foreign governments Labor force Retirement benefits National Performance Review Federal Service Priority Placement Act of 1994 Florida Iowa Minnesota Oregon Texas Canada Australia New Zealand Volume 102 Page 1524 102 Stat. 1524 Volume 108 Page 111 108 Stat. 111 Public Law 100-418 Public Law 103-226