[mryan]

Uncertainty kills morale very quickly. I think the most important thing is to be clear about why they were fired, so your well-performing employees know they are safe.

Of course, if you tell everyone you fired someone because of X, anyone else who does X will be worried. That may or may not be a good thing.

[vrkr]

Yeah, it can be part of the answer. We have different departments so instead of announcing to everyone, maybe keeping it in the dept instead of agency wide?