Many federal employees fear they may end up in ethical binds, caught between the instructions of their bosses and their duty to serve the American people.
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The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period of just days.
Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants who are committed to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.
The plan to cut 91,000 civil service jobs could make service delivery impossible after decades of decline.
If work doesn’t need to be done in Ottawa-area offices, does it need to be done in Ottawa at all?
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