This analysis provides new insight about which services federal departments are going to cut. The author examined over 180 departmental Reports on Plans and Priorities in order to estimate employment cuts down to the program level—finding thatcuts have disproportionately focused on service delivery. The analysis also determines the total number of federal public service jobs cut over the government's austerity period, and indicates which federal departments will experience the largest loss of positions.

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