TSA Employees Account for 15% of Federal Agency Firings
The number of federal workers fired every year by agencies fell from 0.57 percent in FY 2009 to 0.46 percent in 2013, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management and compiled by Federal Times. In comparison, the private sector fires nearly six times as many employees – about 3.2 percent.
However, some agencies fire more than others. Transportation Security Administration employees account for 15 percent of all federal firings, even though they only represent about three percent of the federal population, Federal Timesreports.