Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke warned that 1,000 positions in the Bureau of Land Management could be cut by 2018, according to Politico.
Zinke announced the potential layoffs, along with dozens of senior Interior Department staff reassignments, in an agency memo, Politico reported Wednesday.
“The President signed an executive order to reorganize the federal government for the future and the Secretary has been absolutely out front on that issue,” spokeswoman Heather Swift told The Washington Post in an email. “Personnel moves are being conducted to better serve the taxpayer and the Department’s operations through matching Senior Executive skill sets with mission and operational requirements.”
Zinke is attempting to shift about 50 members of the Senior Executive Service at the earliest date allowed by law, 120 days after the confirmation of a political appointee. Letters to selected officials were sent June 13, giving them just over two weeks’ notice before the June 28 deadline.
Senior Executive Association President Bill Valdez said that all personnel changes are “being executed according to applicable law and regulation,” according to WaPo.
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