USCIS/ICE/BCP Hiring Freeze may affect backlog reduction

[baywatcher]

06/05/2004: USCIS/ICE/BCP Hiring Freeze or Slowdown to Continue Until 09/30/2004

Report indicates that these components of the DHS overexhausted this FY's budget and there has been a hiring freeze in place since March 2004. The DHS confirmed that the hiring freeze or slowdown, whichever one may call it, would continue until the end of this FY. Considering the fact that in the case of USCIS, a substantial portition of the works, including adjudication, are done by temporary employees and private contractors, the hiring freeze may not affect critically, but it may still affect the agency's plan to reduce the backend backlog one way or another because of its inability to recruit new adjudicators. Read on.

 

[wong561hb]

Inspite of this, it seems CSC is moving much quicker than we expected don't you think?

 

[armie]

As if they were reducing backlog big time when there was no hiring freeze.

 

[extra_dry_gin]

One of those enigmatic phenomena, I think. A hiring freeze actually seems to increase their productivity.

 

[c610]

hiring freeze are generally followed by lay offs. the only way an iio can prove he is better than his colleague is by approving more applications. so they will be motivated to work overtime and approve more apps. should work out in our favor.

I may be dreaming. Not a bad thing to do while waiting for this stupid GC.

 

[gcusa99]

hiring freeze are generally followed by lay offs. the only way an iio can prove he is better than his colleague is by approving more applications. so they will be motivated to work overtime and approve more apps. should work out in our favor.

I may be dreaming. Not a bad thing to do while waiting for this stupid GC.

We want more approval with either limited workforce working overnight or speed processing efficiency. c610, your dream will come true. Good luck to you and others.