White House tells federal agencies to prepare for large-scale layoffs

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The Trump administration told agencies to prepare for large-scale layoffs and restructuring. It wants departments to submit plans by March 13.
President Donald Trump named examples of agencies that should prepare, including the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Education.
The American Federation of Government Employees said mass layoffs will mean fewer services and higher costs for the American taxpayer.

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On the heels of spending cuts and jobs reductions by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, the administration told all federal agencies to prepare for large-scale layoffs and restructuring. The move comes after President Donald Trump’s Feb. 11 executive order.

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When do agencies need to submit cut lists?

The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget memo directed agency heads to turn over plans by March 13.

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The memo told the agencies to work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Who’s vulnerable to getting cut?

Agency leads must look for positions not typically designated as essential and be ready to close or consolidate field offices while maintaining efficient service delivery, the memo said. The White House said it will also eliminate outside consultants and contractors.

At the first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 26, Trump specifically mentioned the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Education as two agencies that could see steep cuts.

What is the reaction from labor unions?

The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, responded quickly.

“Laying off potentially hundreds of thousands of federal workers will mean fewer services at higher costs for the American taxpayer. Longer waits at the VA hospitals, fewer inspectors ensuring the safety or our meats and produce, less research into cures for debilitating and deadly diseases, more risks for air travelers, longer waits for Social Security enrollment, and the list goes on. “

American Federation of Government Employees

Which areas are exempt from this round of reductions?

The White House exempted law enforcement, national security, the U.S. military and the U.S. Postal Service from the wide-ranging cuts.

Tags: Department of Education, DOGE, Education Department, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Layoffs, Office of Management and Budget, White House

ON THE HEELS OF SPENDING CUTS AND FIRINGS BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOW GOING FURTHER TELLING ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES TO BEGIN PREPARING FOR LARGE-SCALE LAYOFFS AND RESTRUCTURING.
THE MOVE COMES AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON FEBRUARY 11TH MANDATING SUCH LAYOFFS.
THE MEMO,FROM THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, DIRECTS AGENCY HEADS TO TURN OVER THE PLANS IN TWO WEEKS, MARCH 13TH.
THE MEMO DIRECTS THE AGENCIES TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.
IT SAYS TO LOOK FOR POSITIONS NOT TYPICALLY DESIGNATED AS ESSENTIAL PLUS BE READY TO CLOSE OR CONSOLIDATE FIELD OFFICES WHILE MAINTAINING EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY. (PAUSE) OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.
AT THE FIRST CABINET MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHERE SPECIFICALLY LAYOFFS AND CUTBACKS WOULD COME FROM, NAMING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Donald Trump : “I spoke with Lee Zeldin and he thinks he’s going to be cutting 65 or so percent of people from environmental and we’re going to speed up the process too. A lot of people that weren’t doing their job, obstructionists and a lot of people that didn’t exist. We’ve got a lot of empty spots of people who weren’t there, didn’t exist and I think education is going to be one of those. You go around Washington and you see all these buildings, the department of education, we want to move education back to the states where it belongs. “ ”]

THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNION, WAS QUICK TO RESPOND, SAYING “ LAYING OFF POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS WILL MEAN FEWER SERVICES AT HIGHER COSTS FOR THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. LONGER WAITS AT VA HOSPITALS, FEWER INSPECTORS ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR MEATS AND PRODUCE, LESS RESEARCH INTO CURES FOR DEBILITATING AND DEADLY DISEASES, MORE RISKS FOR AIR TRAVELERS, LONGER WAITS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLMENT AND PASSPORTS, AND THE LIST GOES ON. “

LAW ENFORCEMENT, NATIONAL SECURITY, THE U.S. MILITARY AND THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ARE EXEMPT FROM THE WIDESPREAD CUTS.

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