Jlcranford said: Folks probably know this already, but most government agencies, EPA included, give large grants to AARP to hire their retirees to perform government "administrivia." It's basically a way for government agencies to have more "staff" than their personnel ceilings allow, and to give retirees first shot at some pretty unglamorous positions.
I didn't know. So the people are actually being paid by the AARP but working in the agency? In any case, it hides a "jobs program" that gives power to the people who get the grants and facilitate the program, no?