Making government more efficient, more valuable service per dollar spent (increasing the NPV of government) seems poorly aligned with the idea of reducing the number of the federal workforce per se. Services with low NPV -- ICE is a good example -- should be reduced and that could release workers to move to higher NPV activities. But there could be others with high NPVs --IRS auditors? -- that should be expanded. But the fundamental focus should be on output, not one specific input
Making government more efficient, more valuable service per dollar spent (increasing the NPV of government) seems poorly aligned with the idea of reducing the number of the federal workforce per se. Services with low NPV -- ICE is a good example -- should be reduced and that could release workers to move to higher NPV activities. But there could be others with high NPVs --IRS auditors? -- that should be expanded. But the fundamental focus should be on output, not one specific input