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White House Orders Agencies to Prepare ‘Large-Scale’ Staff Cuts
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0:19Now PlayingThe White House told federal agencies to submit plans by March 13 for “large-scale reductions in force,” the first phase of an effort to drastically reduce the size of the US government.
The two-phase plan would also require agencies to overhaul their organizational charts by April 14 — and submit proposals to move offices out of Washington and into “less costly parts of the country.”
In total, the order lays the groundwork for what could be the most significant cuts of President Donald Trump’s second term.
The directive came via a memo Wednesday from Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought and the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, Charles Ezell. Teams from billionaire adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency at each agency would help execute the plans.
The memo didn’t provide any specific targets for job cuts, but said the “starting point” for the plans should be workers deemed non-essential during a government shutdown. About four in 10 federal employees have been historically furloughed when Congress fails to appropriate money for continued operations, with the remainder expected to work without pay until lawmakers approve new funding.
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