RIF

rif ríf Rif English Alternative forms en rif verb sense Pronunciation en ɪf 1 Noun en reduction in force. en Black Enterprise December 1981 29 According to Norman Seay, executive director of Blacks in Government, an organization of federal employees, the RIFs will have the heaviest impact on the professional, managerial, and technical workers — those making between about $20,000 and $37,000 a year. https://books.google.com/books?id=3ajSred3U2UC&lpg=PA29&dq=%22the%20rifs%22&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=%22the%20rifs%22&f=false en Management United States. Office of Personnel Management 1983 A lot of the RIFs were done because budgets were cut by the Congress. 110 en The legislators who represented many federal employees, and those on authorizing committees who were sympathetic with the goals of programs they supervised, had reacted with frustration to the RIFs of the early Reagan administration, since there had been no time to oppose them. Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn? Irene S. Rubin 2002 en Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas ‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/health/staff-cuts-at-federal-health-agencies-have-begun 2025-04-01 A RIF notice received by one FDA employee on Tuesday included performance ratings that were incorrectly low, meaning the severance pay offered was lower than it would be for the ratings they previously received, the employee told CNN. https://web.archive.org/web/20260423140030/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/health/staff-cuts-at-federal-health-agencies-have-begun 23 April 2026 en Eric Bradner, Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, Sunlen Serfaty, Brian Todd and Marshall Cohen Left in limbo: How federal workers still on the job are coping with chaos w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/federal-workers-left-in-limbo 2025-05-02 The Office of Personnel Management regulations for RIFs include details about so-called bumping and retreating rights, which should apply to any agency conducting a reduction in force, said Jenny Mattingley, vice president for government affairs at the Partnership. https://web.archive.org/web/20260101130705/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/federal-workers-left-in-limbo 1 January 2026 en risk influencing factor. en Safety and Reliability: Proceedings of the ESREL 2003 Conference Tim Bedford 2003 Any measure can be related to the improvement of a RIF, thus the resulting risk reduction can be assessed. https://books.google.com/books?id=ENxYDxQjMb8C&lpg=PA31&dq=%22rif%22%20%22risk%22&pg=PA31#v=onepage&q=%22rif%22%20%22risk%22&f=false en Reliability, Risk, and Safety, Three Volume Set: Theory and Applications Radim Bris We study helicopter risk by means of the risk influencing model, so the effect of changes is related directly to the RIFs in the model. https://books.google.com/books?id=DcbLBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA1138&dq=%22the%20rifs%22&pg=PA1138#v=onepage&q=%22the%20rifs%22&f=false 4 2009 en Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Beyond the Horizon 2215 R.D.J.M. Steenbergen 2013 Risk Influencing Factor (RIF): A factor or condition that influences the risk. https://books.google.com/books?id=u1DvBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA2215&dq=%22rif%22%20%22risk%22&pg=PA2215#v=onepage&q=%22rif%22%20%22risk%22&f=false en rock-inhabiting fungi. en June 2009 C. Ruibal.; C. Gueidan; L. Selbmann; A.A. Gorbushina; P.W. Crous; J.Z. Groenewald; L. Muggia; M. Grube; D. Isola; C.L. Schoch; J.T. Staley; F. Lutzoni; G.S. de Hoog Phylogeny of rock-inhabiting fungi related to Dothideomycetes doi.org/10.3114/sim.2009.64.06 Studies in Mycology 1872-9797 64 1 123 Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute Although very common, RIF have often been overlooked due to their small size, their slow growth and the lack of diagnostic features. en 28 October 2016 Wojciech Spisak; Andrzej Chlebicki; Mariusz Kaszczyszyn Galvanic microcells as control agent of indoor microorganisms 10.1038/srep35847 Scientific Reports 2045-2322 6 1 Among RIF, we chose Penicillium spinulosum and black yeast (BY) that resist chemical attack and anti-microbial treatments[.] en 2022 27 December 2021 Bingjie Liu; Rong Fu; Bing Wu; Xingzhong Liu; Meichun Xiang Rock-inhabiting fungi: terminology, diversity, evolution and adaptation mechanisms 10.1080/21501203.2021.2002452 Mycology 2150-1203 13 1 Taylor & Francis 1 Although the existence of heterotrophic microorganisms on rocks was previously reported (Gromov 1957), it is generally believed that meticulous academic studies of RIF began with Staley et al. (1982), who observed dark microcolonial structures on bare rock surfaces without algae or lichen by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as high rates of physiological activity by respiration detection. Verb en transitive To lay off from work due to a reduction in force. en Restructuring of the federal government United States Congress House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service 1 February 1994 Our own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process. 58 en 2015 William F. Buckley Tucker's Last Stand Federal employees got 'RIFed.' That lasted about six months. en 2016 Jenna Mindel A Soldier's Valentine Despite my exemplary service, I got RIFed.” Ginger cringed at the raw sarcasm in his voice, but wanted clarification. “Riffed?” “Reduction in force. Let go, laid off, whatever fits.” en Eric Bradner, Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, Sunlen Serfaty, Brian Todd and Marshall Cohen Left in limbo: How federal workers still on the job are coping with chaos w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/federal-workers-left-in-limbo 2025-05-02 “If somebody’s been RIF’ed, they may have the opportunity of moving into another position where they have seniority that is specifically similar to the job that they had before,” Stier said. https://web.archive.org/web/20260101130705/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/federal-workers-left-in-limbo 1 January 2026 Anagrams en fir FIR Fri IFR IRF RFI fir French fr: Noun fr noun fr w:fr:rock identitaire français, a patriotic stream in French rock Anagrams fr RFI German Phrase de phrase de Ruhe in Frieden requiescat in pace/RIP Spanish Etymology es :bor en:RIF<t:reduction in force> + 1 Noun f es reducción es de es personal; en RIF. es Jennifer Hansler USAID informa a su personal extranjero que será despedido a mediados de agosto w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/04/09/eeuu/usaid-despedira-personal-extranjero-agosto-trax 2025-04-09 “Una Reducción de Personal (RIF) global planificada afectará a todos los puestos de nacionales del Servicio Exterior de USAID, con fechas finales separadas a más tardar el 15 de agosto de 2025”, decía el correo electrónico. https://web.archive.org/web/20251001055326/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/04/09/eeuu/usaid-despedira-personal-extranjero-agosto-trax 1 October 2025