Staff within the Stakeholder Engagement Division, as well as the cyber-defense agency's Infrastructure Security Division, were targeted with reduction-in-force notices, or RIFs, said the people. OMB Director Russ Vought announced the actions on Friday in line with Trump administration promises to enact layoffs during the ongoing government shutdown. The Integrated Operations Division is also believed to have been impacted, one of the people said.
The White House's Office of Management and Budget upended normal shutdown planning this week when it issued a memorandum that instructed agencies to implement mass layoffs of their workforces if Congress fails to act before the deadline. Specifically, OMB said, agencies should prepare reduction-in-force notices for all employees whose work is funded directly through annual appropriations and does not align with President Trump's priorities.