Topic: Department Of Agriculture

The conversation examines the potential fallout of cutting the federal civil service by half. Atwell argues that while many Department of Agriculture and other agency jobs are "make-work," the employees lack transferable skills for private enterprise, creating a formula for disaster. He also addresses recent inflation data, suggesting that the general public is right to be concerned about deep-seated economic instability.

Paulides explains how government agencies use the "missing presumed dead" classification to remove individuals from active public records after a certain period. This administrative practice complicates the tracking of long-term missing persons. The CanAm Missing Project has assisted the National Institute of Justice by providing documentation on cold cases that were previously lost or omitted from national DNA databases.