Review – Chemical Security Inspector Reduction in Force – Part 4

I have been talking about the upcoming reduction in force of CISA’s Chemical Security Inspectors (CSI) this week. This will probably be the last post in this series of free posts in the series so I thought that I would try to outline what I would like to see happen. The earlier posts in this series include:

CSI RIF,

Chemical Security Inspector Reduction in Force – Part 2, and

Chemical Security Inspector Reduction in Force – Part 3

Too Late to Fix

To start with, I learned today that the CSI have been given until Monday to make their decisions about whether to take the offered ways to quit (making DHS look better than firing them would), or to stay around long enough to actually get their reduction in force (RIF) notices that everyone knows are coming. Neither option is great. Take the deferred resignation and get paid (with benefits) through the end of the fiscal year, but resignations mean that there will be no unemployment benefits. Get RIFed and they are eligible for unemployment benefits, but at much lower pay than they have been receiving. Federal medical benefits also disappear; fortunately, Obama Care is now available, not great, but better than what was available the last time I was laid off.

 

To see the alternatives that would provide a longer-term solution to the job situations for CSI and the security support for chemical facilities, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/chemical-security-inspector-reduction-7ca - free content.