I wonder how many "specialists" this eliminated?
Zero. FTFA: "The effort isn’t intended to reduce the federal workforce, Mulvaney said, but should free up employees for more productive tasks."
Trump Orders Government to Stop Work on Y2K Bug
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm curious, are you being snarky? Are you taking issue that a manager is at the switch and sweating some details, or are you just noting that this article was written about a trivial amount of government waste? I can't tell if you're being snarky or not because you wrote so little. My finger was hovering over the downvote button, but I decided to give you the benefit of the doubt.
It's a straight answer to the question. If there's any snark in this chain, it's the quotes on "specialists" in the top-level comment.
It was just impossible to gauge your tone from such a short comment. You make good points.
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#33Out of curiosity, what is the reason for this article being "flagged"? I found it very relevant (I do have to deal with gov paperwork time-to-time).
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#34I knew a guy who made seat cushions for boats that could also be using as life savers. They were made of foam and such—no electronics at all. When he got a contract to sell a bunch of them to the Navy, he had to fill out paperwork certifying the cushions were Y2K compliant. At least that was in 1999 and not 2017!