"The White House previewed that it would pursue the aggressive layoff tactic shortly before the government shutdown began on Oct. 1, telling all federal agencies to submit their reduction-in-force plans to the budget office for its review. It said reduction-in-force could apply for federal programs whose funding would lapse in a government shutdown, is otherwise not funded and is "not consistent with the President's priorities.""
"The office said in a court filing that well over 4,000 workers would be dismissed, though it noted that the funding situation is "fluid and rapidly evolving." The firings would hit the hardest at the departments of the Treasury, which would lose over 1,400 employees; Health and Human Services, with a loss of over 1,100; and Housing and Urban Development, set to lose over 400. Commerce, Education, Energy, Homeland Security and the Environmental Protection Agency were all set to fire hundreds more."
Russell Vought announced on X that "RIFs have begun." The White House instructed all federal agencies to submit reduction-in-force plans to the Office of Management and Budget before the Oct. 1 shutdown. The guidance states RIFs could apply to programs whose funding would lapse, are otherwise unfunded, or are not consistent with the President's priorities. The OMB said in a court filing that well over 4,000 federal workers could be dismissed and described the funding situation as fluid. Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development face the largest projected losses. Specific affected programs remain unclear. President Trump commented on the Nobel Peace Prize and said Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado called him after her win.
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