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Do a search on the OPM site for RIF guidance. There is a structured process for how RIFs are conducted and it's laid out there.
In short, there are a handful of criteria that are weighted to draw up the RIF order, including type of appointment and tenure. Employees are grouped by weighted criteria and then RIFs go down the list in order. It's all laid out in detail in the OPM RIF guide.
Unfortunately, POTUS and DOGE have zero plans to use that guidance and instead are following an approach of "whatever the hell we can get away with."