The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will not be affected by President Donald Trump’s new federal hiring freeze, as the agency has been under a self-imposed suspension on new hires for more than a year as part of Project Aim.
Initiated in 2014, Project Aim is the regulator’s attempt to re-evaluate and reduce its staffing and workload to become a more efficient organization. The program included the goal of reducing staff from 3,674 to 3,552 full-time employees by the end of 2016. It actually beat that goal, cutting the workforce to 3,481.
Spokesman David McIntyre said by email Tuesday the agency has not set a specific workforce target for 2020, when the program is slated for completion, but “we continue to look for additional ways to streamline the workforce.”
