US Federal Workforce Shrinks Amid Shutdown Threats and Uncertainty
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The US government is experiencing its largest exodus of federal employees in nearly 80 years, with over 154,000 workers leaving due to buyouts aimed at reducing workforce size, leading to significant loss of expertise and operational disruptions across agencies like the National Weather Service, NASA, and health departments.
- US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week Reuters
- Federal workers who took Trump's buyout get final paychecks and an uncertain future NPR
- Trump’s Grand Plan for a Government Shutdown The Atlantic
- Trump Threatens Mass Firings as Federal Shutdown Deadline Nears Bloomberg.com
- Federal employee RIFs can still happen in a government shutdown, OPM says Federal News Network
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