Sunday, February 23, 2025

Federal worker layoffs

❗️Some 30,000 federal workers have been given notice since Elon Musk’s DOGE began its work in January, of a workforce of 2 million. 

Many senior officials at affected agencies have also stepped down. 

This is all part of Musk’s plan to allegedly save the government $2 trillion. 

Information on firings is still trickling out. Below, what we know so far.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
At least 73 probationary workers and a similar number of contract personnel were pushed out, including senior litigation-counsel members. 

Department of Agriculture
4,200 probationary employees were terminated, including about 3,400 from the Forest Service...

Department of Defense
No cuts so far; Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the DoD to plan an 8 percent cut...

Department of Education
More than 60 probationary workers across the Department of Education lost their jobs...

Department of Energy
1,000 probationary workers were fired...

Department of Health and Human Services
Around 2,800 were fired, including 1,500 probationary employees at the National Institutes of Health...

Ditto for 10 percent of the 13,000 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

The Food and Drug Administration’s food-division head resigned, writing that it would be “fruitless” to continue.

Department of Homeland Security
More than 400 were fired, at least half from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the chief financial officer...

One seven-member FEMA team...

Department of Housing and Urban Development
The administration is reportedly considering a 50 percent cut to HUD’s workforce of 9,600...

Department of the Interior
2,300 probationary workers were fired, including 1,000 at the National Park Service. Another 240 workers at the Geological Survey...

Department of Justice
More than 20 employees involved in January 6 investigations and criminal prosecutions of Trump were fired. 

Seven federal prosecutors, including Interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle Sassoon...

Department of State
More than 10,000 probationary workers were fired from or put on leave by the Agency for International Development

One source at State has suggested that the agency could be further reduced to just 294 personnel.

Department of Transportation
400 probationary employees were cut from the Federal Aviation Administration...

Department of the Treasury
6,000 probationary workers from the Internal Revenue Service workforce of 100,000 are being cut. 

Department of Veterans Affairs
About 1,000 of the department’s 43,000 probationary employees received termination notices...

Environmental Protection Agency
388 workers with probationary positions were let go. An additional 171 workers in offices focused on DEI and environmental justice were placed on leave.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board
The general counsels and three board members of these agencies were removed...

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