Trump shrinks size of government by offering buyouts to federal employees Trump is calling for federal employees to return to the office or take a buyout and resign. The move is intended to keep his campaign promise to shrink the size of the federal government. It’s anticipated that 5 percent – 10 percent of the federal workforce offered the buyout option will choose to reign, which means a potential savings of about $100 billion, according to NBC News. “American taxpayers pay for the salaries of federal government employees, and therefore...

WASHINGTON—The White House gave federal workers a choice: return to the office full time or resign and get paid for the next eight months. In a Tuesday night email, the Office of Personnel Management told federal workers that they have until Feb. 6 to decide how to proceed. The White House said it is considering relocating some government offices and downsizing agencies through restructuring, furloughs and reclassifying employees so they have fewer job protections.

The White House has begun offering buyouts to federal workers, as part of President Trump's larger plan to overhaul the U.S. government. The White House has begun offering buyouts to federal workers as part of President Trump's larger plan to overhaul the U.S. government.According to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources agency, federal employees who accept the offer will receive seven months pay, if they resign by February 7th."If you choose not to continue in your current role in the federal workforce, we thank...

Trump offers buyouts to U.S. federal workers as judge blocks his grants, loans freeze Employees who leave voluntarily by Feb. 6. could receive about 7 months of salary The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts to federal employees — the latest effort to overhaul the U.S. government by President Donald Trump, whose recent proposal to pause federal grants and loans was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge. A memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government's human resources agency, said that employees who leave their posts voluntarily will...

President Donald Trump’s promise to federal spending is set to hit roughly 2 million federal Tuesday who will start receiving emails allowing them to take a “deferred ,” according to media reports. The resignation buyouts include a severance package of approximately eight months’ pay with benefits – a move that a senior administration official told could save the government around $100 billion. Any employee wishing to take the buyout and resign can reply to a draft resignation letter also sent to them with one word: “resign.” press secretary described the...

The Trump administration is offering all 2 million federal employees what amounts to a buyout if they do not intend to return to work in person later this year, sources confirmed to The Hill. Three sources confirmed to The Hill that the emails are set to go out beginning Tuesday evening to the federal employees informing workers that they can retain benefits and be paid through September if they hand in their resignation by Feb. 6. The emails are expected to come from the Office of Personnel Management, two sources...

WASHINGTON—The White House gave federal workers a choice: return to the office full time or resign and get paid for the next eight months. In a Tuesday night email, the Office of Personnel Management told federal workers that they have until Feb. 6 to decide how to proceed. The White House said it is considering relocating some government offices and downsizing agencies through restructuring, furloughs and reclassifying employees so they have fewer job protections.

The Trump administration is offering buyouts for all federal remote employees as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to get employees back into the office, but they only have until Feb. 6 to opt-in. During Trump’s first week in office, he issued several directives to the federal workforce, including a requirement that remote employees must return to in-person work. "After four years of incompetence and failure, President Donald Trump is committed to making our government efficient and productive again," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on...

The Trump administration said Tuesday it is offering incentives for nearly all civilian federal workers to resign and warned of plans to shrink the size of the government. The "deferred resignation program" would allow federal employees to remain on the payroll through Sept. 30 but not have to work, according to an email sent to federal employees and seen by Reuters. Federal buyouts are generally capped at $25,000. The email gives federal employees until Feb. 6 to decide whether to take part. The email also said the administration expects to...

The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6—part of President Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government. A memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government's human resources agency, lists four directives that it says Trump is mandating for the federal workforce, including that most workers return to their offices full-time. It includes a “deferred resignation letter” for federal employees wishing to participate. “If you choose not to continue in...