I think you have this backwards. The EPA is having its budget slashed left and right. The number of employees has dropped significantly; half of the cubicles where I work, which were once filled with employees, are now empty. From what I've heard from friends, there are equal numbers of people in the private sector goofing off too; this is not just a "government waste" issue but an issue widespread throughout the white collar world.
So no, given that the last decade has been all about reducing the EPA's budget, reducing it some more is not going to fix the problem and bolster morale; quite the opposite as good people suddenly don't have the resources to do their jobs.
So basically they want Federal employees to do what us contractors do: use our phones to access porn (and everything else) while at work. In an age of smartphones, it's futile to attempt to control productivity this way. It's addressing the surface issue rather than the deeper issue of motivation.
That said, it would be nice for Federal employees to have the same level of scrutiny as us contractors. I was encouraged by my supervisor not to even check my non-work email while at work because the IT department can monitor what we do on our computers at any time.
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So no, given that the last decade has been all about reducing the EPA's budget, reducing it some more is not going to fix the problem and bolster morale; quite the opposite as good people suddenly don't have the resources to do their jobs.
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That said, it would be nice for Federal employees to have the same level of scrutiny as us contractors. I was encouraged by my supervisor not to even check my non-work email while at work because the IT department can monitor what we do on our computers at any time.
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