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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Panic as US federal workers scramble to find out if they've been fired: I don't have email access'

Thousands of federal employees face sudden layoffs and uncertainty amid a shutdown as the administration implements widespread reduction-in-force actions.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

With new cuts at CDC, some fear there's 'nobody to answer the phone'

About 600 CDC employees were laid off during a chaotic reduction-in-force amid a government shutdown, with many initial notices later rescinded.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Fired federal workers risk losing the student-loan forgiveness they signed up for

Over 4,100 federal workers received reduction-in-force notices and may lose eligibility or progress toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness unless rehired by qualifying employers.
fromNextgov.com
1 week ago

Multiple CISA divisions targeted in shutdown layoffs, people familiar say

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.
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fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Judge pauses Trump administration's plan to cut hundreds of Voice of America jobs

A federal judge temporarily halted a planned reduction in force that would eliminate 532 full-time jobs at the agency overseeing Voice of America.
fromNextgov.com
3 weeks ago

So far, many agency leaders are telling staff not to take shutdown layoff threat seriously

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.
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fromAxios
4 weeks ago

Why Democrats aren't sweating Republican threats of mass firings in a shutdown

OMB Director Russ Vought instructed agencies to prepare RIF notices for employees whose funding lapses Oct. 1 and whose roles don't match presidential priorities.
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fromNextgov.com
4 weeks ago

The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs

The Interior Department plans mid-October layoffs that could double recent losses and push total staffing reductions to over one-third since President Trump took office.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Hundreds at Voice of America and parent agency to lose jobs DW 08/31/2025

"The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has initiated what is known as a reduction in force (RIF) of a large number of its full-time federal employees,"
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

A Letter to America's Discarded Public Servants

Widespread reductions removed experienced diplomats, intelligence officers, military and development specialists, causing needless trauma and undermining effective, humane reform.
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fromIntelligencer
5 months ago

Judge Calls Out Trump's Absurd Argument for Wrecking the Education Department

A federal judge halted Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education by ordering the reinstatement of nearly 1,400 fired federal workers.
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