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Grinch in a pinstriped suit guides federal payroll cuts
Arnold Sawislak profiles Donald Devine, head of the Office of Personnel Management, as he leads reduction in force at 1.2 million federal employees. The piece traces the civil service, from Guiteau to Carter reform, and explains Devine’s stance on returning functions to private and state sectors while maintaining humane job placements amid large layoffs.
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Arnold Sawislak
Washington
UPI
Donald Devine
Charles J. Guiteau
James Garfield
Garfield
Federal
Civil Service
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Plains
University of Maryland
Ronald Reagan
Office of
Devine
OPM
David Stockman
Reagan
Stockman
Rasputin
Jubal Early
Washingtonian Magazine
RIF
Bronxville
N.Y
Syracuse University
Manhattan