let's bring in rene marsh. the president also wants to cut $54 billion from the federal government which puts a lot of government work and a lot of these workers in limbo. >> the word i keep on hearing is uncertainty. this administration holds the title for being the slowest in staffing up these agencies. it's that coupled with the fact that agencies don't know what their budgets will consist of and the proposals to slash budgets is causing a lot of uncertainty and discomfort even for some of the president's fellow republicans. >> going into my 37th year. >> reporter: sharyn boyd is one. first employees to speak out about what it like inside the federal government. she says there's fear and uncertainty as the approach administration approaches its first 100 days. >> the uncertainty comes from not knowing what our priorities are anymore at epa, what's going to happen to our job, the budget