The Coming Federal Personnel Crisis

Many federal workers began their careers in the 1970s.  Therefore, many have recently retired or will be retiring soon.  This creates a significant and under-appreciated problem:

The federal workforce is building toward a potential retirement wave in  coming years, with more than a third of career federal employees projected to be eligible for collecting their end-of-career benefits by September 2017, compared to just 14 percent at the same time in 2012.

Before right wingers start rejoicing, realize that this means social security checks delayed, roads not fixed, and yes more websites with problems.

By: Stuart Shapiro

Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.