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Interior offers employee buyouts as job cuts loom
The Interior Department will offer buyouts to some employees as it eyes major staffing cuts. In a notice obtained by The Hill, employees were told they could apply for voluntary early retirement or ...The Hill - 10h -
HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer
Health and Human Services employees were offered voluntary buyouts to resign from their jobs on Friday night, according to a person who received the email and an administration official.NBC News - Mar. 8 -
HHS sends employees a $25K voluntary buyout offer
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered its 80,000 employees a $25,000 buyout offer as part of President Trump’s plan to scale back government spending. Workers can opt into the ...The Hill - Mar. 9 -
Pentagon aims to cut up to 60,000 civilian jobs through buyouts, attrition
The Pentagon plans to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs over the next several months via voluntary resignations and not replacing workers who leave, a senior defense official confirmed Tuesday. ...The Hill - 4h -
HHS offers buyout option for workers who quit, source says
All employees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services received an offer of a $25,000 payment if they choose to voluntarily resign, a source familiar with the situation told CBS News. ...CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Judge orders 6 federal agencies to offer to reinstate fired probationary employees
A federal judge has ordered six federal agencies to offer to reinstate probationary employees who were fired as part of the Trump administration's cuts through the Office of Personnel Management. ...CBS News - 5d -
All HHS workers given $25,000 voluntary buyout offer, source says
All employees in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were notified Friday of the option to voluntarily resign in exchange for a $25,000 payment.CBS News - Mar. 8 -
New poll shows Trump with highest job approval, but early challenges on the economy
A new NBC News poll shows President Trump with a job approval rating as high as he’s ever had. But doubts loom in voters' minds, especially over the economy and government cuts. NBC News’ Yamiche ...NBC News - 2d -
Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know.
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.The New York Times - 6d -
Union for Education Department workers reacts to sweeping job cuts
The Trump administration is placing more than a thousand Department of Education workers on leave beginning March 21. American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 President Sheria Smith, ...CBS News - 6d -
Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Brace for Job Cuts
William Pulte, the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is consolidating control over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and questioning employees’ productivity.The New York Times - 6h -
George offered Bowling Green job, sources say
Tennessee State's Eddie George, who was one of three finalists interviewed Friday, has been offered the head coaching job at Bowling Green, sources told ESPN.ESPN - Mar. 9 -
Beyond Burnout: Adam Grant Warns of Rising ‘Boreout’ Among Employees
The Wharton organizational psychologist joins other workplace experts noting the rise of worker ‘boreout’ produced by unchallenging jobs offering few growth opportunities that now rivals burnout as ...Inc. - 4d -
Interior, Energy must rehire fired workers, judge says
Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Interior, Energy must rehire fired workers, judge says The Trump administration must reinstate ...The Hill - 5d -
VA secretary: Cutting 80,000 jobs ‘is our target’
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said his agency is looking to cut 80,000 jobs as their “target” to slim the agency’s workforce. Collins joined Fox & Friends on Monday, where he was pressed ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
The looming budget question: Will Medicaid cuts fund tax cuts?
Republicans should focus tax cuts on middle-income and lower-income households that would provide greater support to the economy than tax cuts for the wealthy.The Hill - 4d -
NOAA and National Weather Service job cuts raise concerns about forecasts
A hurricane modeling specialist fired from the National Weather Service said progress on forecast accuracy may "go backwards" if job cuts continue.CBS News - Mar. 11 -
Former USAID employees on cuts: 'We are going to put lives in jeopardy'
Two former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), who were fired last month, told CNN the 83 percent spending cuts Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday would ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Laid-off FEMA employees speak out about DOGE cuts
Elon Musk today said that his Department of Government Efficiency is cooperating with cabinet secretaries on downsizing the federal bureaucracy. Since Inauguration Day, more than 200 FEMA employees ...NBC News - Mar. 10 -
Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE
Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency’s ability to serve the public.The New York Times - 11h -
Steve Kornacki: Voters sour on Trump’s handling of the economy in NBC News poll
A new NBC News poll shows President Donald Trump with a job approval rating as high as he’s ever had. But doubts loom in voters’ minds, especially over the economy and government cuts, NBC News ...NBC News - 2d -
NOAA to potentially cut more than 1,000 additional employees
NOAA previously fired 880 employees on Feb. 27, the majority of which were probationary staff with fewer than two years in their positions.CBS News - Mar. 9 -
With Medicaid cuts looming, misinformation about immigrants, especially Latinos, spreads
As Republican lawmakers move to cut Medicaid spending, misinformation about immigrants, especially about Latinos, is spreading on social media.NBC News - 5d -
What kind of jobs will be impacted by AI?
Last week, online furniture retailer Wayfair announced it would increase its use of generative artificial intelligence and cut 340 tech jobs. It reflects an increase in businesses and companies ...CBS News - Mar. 11 -
More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut
Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.The New York Times - Mar. 10 -
Here’s how many Social Security workers are taking a buyout — so far
The Social Security Administration announced earlier this year it intended to cut its 57,000-person workforce by about 12%.MarketWatch - 11h -
‘Calm today, but turbulence ahead’: U.S. job openings show stable labor market ahead of Trump job cuts and tariffs
Job openings in the U.S. rose slightly in January, but far fewer companies are hiring compared with a few years ago, and it’s taking people a lot longer to find work.MarketWatch - Mar. 11 -
Law students mourn loss of 'dream jobs' after government offers disappear: 'I was distraught'
Law students are scrambling after having offers rescinded due to the government's hiring freeze. How law schools and industry professionals are responding.CNBC - 1d -
DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts
Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration amid a major effort to upgrade America’s nuclear arsenal. Critics say it shows the consequences of heedlessly cutting ...The New York Times - 1d -
Americans confront GOP lawmakers over federal job cuts and economy at town halls
Republicans in Congress are facing backlash at town hall events as voters voice concerns over deep federal job cuts and the state of the economy under President Trump and Elon Musk's policies. Some ...CBS News - 4d -
How FEMA cuts are spreading far beyond Washington
More than 200 employees at FEMA have been cut since Inauguration Day, and workers fear more downsizing is coming.NBC News - Mar. 10 -
How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks, "America's best idea"
The Trump administration laid off approximately 1,000 employees of the National Park Service. Rangers and park employees say such cuts will be detrimental to the public's experience of these ...CBS News - 2d -
Education Department cutting nearly 50% of workforce
The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.CBS News - 6d -
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Department of Education offices closed for "security reasons" after major job cuts announced
Offices at the Department of Education are closed Wednesday for "security reasons" after the announcement that nearly half the department's staff would lose their jobs. CBS News congressional ...CBS News - 6d -
Trump’s Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees
The loss of early career workers has raised concerns about the impact on the next generation of civil servants.The New York Times - Mar. 6 -
NOAA set to fire 1,029 more employees
Staffing levels at the nation's already hobbled weather, climate and oceans agency could take a further nosedive in the days ahead. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Fired special counsel says he was preparing push to return all fired probationary employees to their job
Former special counsel Hampton Dellinger said he was planning to pursue legal action to restore all fired probationary workers back to their posts before a court failed to keep him in his role. ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Judge orders some federal agencies to reinstate thousands of probationary workers
A federal judge ordered that the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Interior, and Treasury reinstate probationary employees who were terminated last month.NBC News - 5d -
Recently fired pregnant federal employees cope with loss of insurance
Many pregnant federal workers fired as part of recent DOGE cuts are now faced with complex challenges as they deal with the loss of their income and health insurance.NBC News - Mar. 11
