A federal judge temporarily stopped President Donald Trump’s official purchase, giving millions of federal workers more time to decide to take an eight -month salary in exchange for resignation or initial retirement.
In hoping to reduce the workforce by 5 to 10 percent, the Office of the Personal Management sent an email titled, titled “Fork in the road,” In most parts of the Federal Work Force last week – with some exceptions – if they agreed to resign by Thursday, they offer to pay by September 30.
However, a few hours before the original deadline expires, District Judge George and Toll Junior temporarily blocked it, saying the court needs time to review the legal offer.
Lawyers, lawmakers, federal work unions and Democrats had warned people that the offer was not guaranteed and federal employees were urged not to take it.
Hours before the original deadline, federal agency leaders had increased the pressure on employees to take this offer before Trump and his allies, such as Elon Musk, such as keeping people on administrative departure, firing or firing them. Fully rid of.
This is what we still know about shopping and who took them:
How many people have accepted the purchase?
Although the number is not yet final, a source familiar with the situation said that more than 40,000 government employees have accepted the purchase on Wednesday evening and they expect more work than the deadline.
As of Thursday morning, this number is slightly less than 2 percent of the entire federal manpower, which is estimated at about 2.2 million people.
Who was offered to buy?
It is unclear how many federal employees were offered to buy, but the Office of Personal Management said that some workers would be exempted from it, including US postal service employees, armed personnel, immigration enforcement and national. Security positions.
However, it is believed that national security workers have later extended the offer to the central intelligence agency to their workforce.
Why is shopping happening?
Trump and his allies, especially musky, government executive chair and billionaires, try to rapidly reduce costs and thus shrink federal manpower.
Many agencies and departments have to spend money inadvertent, unnecessary or wrongly, trying to get rid of these areas of musk and its allies, or at least significantly to cancel power. Do
The email sent to federal workers has warned that those who hold their positions must return to the office five days per week, should be loyal to the administration, understanding their jobs may change and High performance requires.
Although Kasturi and its Dodge team are not technically no government department or agency – but there is a temporary team within the executive office – they have achieved a wide range of options that have been examined by Democrats and others.
E -mail sent to the Office of Personal Management employees – an extraordinary federal agency that acts like HR for the federal manpower. Without the knowledge of career officials.
Which departments are most affected?
At this time, it is unclear which agencies or departments will have the most impact. However, Trump, Musk and Dodge have specifically targeted the US Agency for International Development, Department of Education, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and other leading Republican targets, so as to search for cost savings. What can be done
What happens next?
A federal judge is examining the legal status of the purchase offer and has temporarily extended it by Monday. The future of this offer is not clear because some unions have argued that it is illegal.
But if a judge maintains this offer, employees who do not buy will have major changes, including Fralo, Termination, Stability and more.
Employees of Education Department – the smallest federal department – said on Wednesday that the agency was considering a shortage. New York Times. The General Services Administration, which provides support for the Federal Manpower through basic functions such as transportation and office space, was also warned about the reduction.
