It seems the Obama people have yet another stupid plan to gut the Federal workforces management ranks. Despite my own personal struggles with the Federal beaurocracy, I actually agree with Darryl Perkinson (sans the length of service):

In my 29 years, I have worked with only a handful of people that had no business being employed in the government. I have seen people in the wrong jobs at times, but if they were properly placed they could function and be useful.

The biggest problems facing the government are related to human capital (along side the broken IT process). But it isn't that their are too many Feds. It is that no money is put into training and development, mentorship and the career ladder are a joke, the hiring process is completely broken, way too many contractors (and not enough oversight), too much energy is wasted babysitting clueless political appointees and members of congress, and risk aversion created by politicals jumping at the opportunity to throw middle managers under the bus as soon as anything goes wrong (rather than fostering organizational learning).