Actually they can be if they rack up enough mistakes and fuck up enough, but if you work in government that's REALLY hard, you'd probably have to be fucking a hooker in broad daylight on your desk snorting cocaine off her ass to even have a chance of being fired I don't know how long you've worked there but a few of my family members work in govt and they all say the same, you just gotta know the right people, if they are friends with the higherups, just let it go, they can fuck you over real bad