Mandate SES mobility agreements and OPM buyouts for IC bloat
Mandate recommends requiring ODNI/CIA senior officers to sign mobility agreements, studying SES changes, evaluating bloat, and using OPM voluntary separation buyouts plus maximized direct-hire/incentive authorities.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 7 (Intelligence Community) — ODNI/CIA organizational recommendations: SES officers should be required to sign mobility agreements allowing ODNI and CIA to move them; Administration should consider studying SES changes; evaluate areas of bloat and underperforming cadre and work with OPM on voluntary separation buyouts; maximize direct-hire and incentive authorities.
Undo plan
1) Bargain mobility requirements; protect against punitive reassignments for dissent.
2) Use buyouts sparingly with knowledge-transfer plans.
3) Pair hiring authorities with clearance backlog fixes.
4) Avoid gutting analytic depth labeled as ‘bloat.’
5) Verify: SES reassignment appeals; skills-mix inventories post-buyout.
Sources
- https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
- https://archive.org/stream/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL_djvu.txt
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-07.pdf
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_SECTION-02.pdf