How Biden Can Strengthen the Federal Workforce email How Biden Can Strengthen the Federal Workforce There is no better way to understand how the work experience has changed and how it can be improved than meeting with front line employees. Workforce Management Consultant President Biden’s budget proposal for 2022 recognizes “decades of under-investment in a modern workforce” and the need to repair and rebuild the civil service. It provides for increasing federal employment by 20,000 positions this year and by 50,000 in 2022. As expected in a budget proposal, the focus is on the numbers, but Biden frequently has spoken of his goal of restoring faith in the civil service, using the words “revitalize” and “empower” in multiple public statements.