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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
To be accurate, Impera, my plan would be to essentially end government work as a lifetime career path for the overwhelming majority.  There are some jobs where we do want a lifetime of knowledge and experience, but there is no scenario where the janitor and lunchlady meet that criteria, and damn few where the 75% of any department or agency would need to be. 

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ORIGINAL: ArizonaBossMan

WAIT A DAMN MINUTE! Dear Leader, Messiah, wants MORE government and MORE government workers.. you know like the ones in Atlanta.. the teachers and leaders who fudged student test scores. That's government for ya!

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ORIGINAL: willbeurdaddy

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-07-18-fderal-job-security_n.htm

Death — rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs — is the primary threat to job security at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of Management and Budget and a dozen other federal operations.
 
The federal government fired 0.55% of its workers in the budget year that ended Sept. 30 — 11,668 employees in its 2.1 million workforce. Research shows that the private sector fires about 3% of workers annually for poor performance, says John Palguta, former research chief at the federal Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles federal firing disputes.
 
 
Now, we know this isn't because they are all so damn efficient, and personally devoted to providing the very highest levels of service and courtesy to the public they serve.

I think there should be highly competitive performance reviews every few years, with a target of clearing out 15-20%, and bringing in fresh workers.  It will save on the pension obligations as well. 

the difference is almost certainly due to the union/non-union disparity between public and private employers. Public sector employees are 5.5x as likely to be unionized, hence that much less likely to be fired.