If the sysadmin staffing was at the level truly needed, I don't see how they could reduce it without playing the games described her in other posts - bringing w

If the sysadmin staffing was at the level truly needed, I don't see how they could reduce it without playing the games described her in other posts - bringing work in house, reclassifying positions, etc. But it could be that the staffing level was bloated to begin with. . .not uncommon with government contracts. And - being slightly facetious here - they might just choose to reduce the multiple of human redundancy that the staffing level represents. . .from say quintuple to triple redundancy. Comb through the remaining system admins and remove those viewed as most likely to "leak" information. . .although they are obviously not that great at it.