The Government Printing Office has announced it is seeking authorization to offer buyouts and early outs to the agency’s 1,850 employees, in response to shrinking workforce needs.
A continuing shift from print to digital means the agency is looking to trim about 100 positions, about 5 percent of its workforce. Since 1980 the agency has reduced its workforce by 70 percent.
GPO said employees could be offered lump-sum payments up to $25,000 to separate, but offers will vary according to a formula, and that it is looking to conclude the buyout program by the end of the calendar year.
GAO Calls for Financial Management Improvements at IRS
GAO has identified new deficiencies with the IRS’s internal control over financial reporting systems.
It said, for example, that the IRS failed to obtain evidence needed todetermine whether internal controls at service organizations responsible for operating information systems affecting IRS’s financial reporting are effective as of last September, according to GAO-14-433R.
It said other control deficiencies include being unable to ensure that policies and procedures for time card approvals are followed, inadequate monitoring and acceptance of transactions entered into its procurement system, and insufficient controls to prevent refunds from being issued to deceased taxpayers.
