The Army is forcing thousands of civilian employees into new jobs as part of what it calls a service-wide “rebalancing process,” a sweeping effort officials say will help avoid layoffs but requires civilians to accept new assignments within days or risk separation from federal service.
In a March 5 memo titled “Continuing Rebalancing and Optimizing the Civilian Workforce,” David Fitzgerald, deputy undersecretary of the Army, directed commands to match “surplus” civilian employees with vacant roles across the force in order to “minimize involuntary separations.”
Surplus employees are those not assigned to an authorized position in the Army’s fiscal 2027 structure. That excludes reimbursable staff, local…
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