DeVos to Resign – Fake News!

[longknife]

Of course. She’s draining the swamp.

WaPo reports, Inside Betsy DeVos’s efforts to shrink the Education Department

The seventh floor of the Education Department’s headquarters near the Mall used to bustle. Now, nearly a dozen offices sit empty and quiet.

The department’s workforce has shrunk under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who has said she wants to decrease the federal government’s role in education, including investigations and enforcement of civil rights in schools. In all, the department has shed about 350 workers since December — nearly 8 percent of its staff — including political appointees. With buyouts offered to 255 employees in recent days, DeVos hopes to show even more staff the door.

At the same time, the Trump administration has moved slowly to fill key roles, making nominations for just eight of the 15 key positions that require Senate confirmation. The Senate, which has taken an average of 65 days to confirm nominees, has approved only two of those nominees, giving the department one of the worst track records among Cabinet-level agencies for filling senior positions, according to data from the Partnership for Public Service.

WaPo reports that there are 4,059 full-time employees in its District headquarters, 11 regional outposts and 13 field offices, so there’s a lot of shrinkage needed. And DeVos sought to cut $9.2 billion from the department’s budget of $68.2 billion.

The rumors of Betsy DeVos’ demise are greatly exaggerated. The rumors of the demise of the bloated federal education bureaucracy might be closer to reality.

From Rumors of the demise of Betsy DeVos, Swamp-Drainer-in-Chief, are greatly exaggerated

 

[JGalt]

The Department of Education is one of those bloated do-nothing bureaucracies that should have been shut down decades ago.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The Department of Education is one of those bloated do-nothing bureaucracies that should have been shut down decades ago.

They don't do a great deal, but you cannot say they do nothing.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Of course. She’s draining the swamp.

WaPo reports, Inside Betsy DeVos’s efforts to shrink the Education Department

The seventh floor of the Education Department’s headquarters near the Mall used to bustle. Now, nearly a dozen offices sit empty and quiet.

The department’s workforce has shrunk under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who has said she wants to decrease the federal government’s role in education, including investigations and enforcement of civil rights in schools. In all, the department has shed about 350 workers since December — nearly 8 percent of its staff — including political appointees. With buyouts offered to 255 employees in recent days, DeVos hopes to show even more staff the door.

At the same time, the Trump administration has moved slowly to fill key roles, making nominations for just eight of the 15 key positions that require Senate confirmation. The Senate, which has taken an average of 65 days to confirm nominees, has approved only two of those nominees, giving the department one of the worst track records among Cabinet-level agencies for filling senior positions, according to data from the Partnership for Public Service.

WaPo reports that there are 4,059 full-time employees in its District headquarters, 11 regional outposts and 13 field offices, so there’s a lot of shrinkage needed. And DeVos sought to cut $9.2 billion from the department’s budget of $68.2 billion.

The rumors of Betsy DeVos’ demise are greatly exaggerated. The rumors of the demise of the bloated federal education bureaucracy might be closer to reality.

From Rumors of the demise of Betsy DeVos, Swamp-Drainer-in-Chief, are greatly exaggerated

Rich people can afford good education, fuck poor people, they don't need an education to work for rich people as lackeys.