An unprecedented effort to shrink the federal labor force is impeding work at government sites across the country and spawning unintended consequences for services Americans rely on.
At Veterans Affairs facilities in Detroit and Denver, staff reductions have led to canceled health programs and left homeless veterans without their dedicated coordinator to help them find an apartment and line up a deposit.
In Alabama, job cuts at the Education Department have slowed efforts to get disabled children access to classrooms.
And in California, Yosemite National Park paused new reservations for more than 500 campsites during peak summer months because of staffing uncertainty.
@the_dp "unintended" assumes facts not in evidence.