Trump’s large -scale dismissal plans so far: what about it

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And now large -scale dismissals, because agencies were confronted with a Thursday deadline to hand in their plans to implement the next phase of President Trump’s goal to significantly reduce the government’s payroll.

Last month, agencies were given guidelines and a timeline to submit contours for “reductions of strength” – a bureaucratic term that means that an organization is shrinking. Many agencies have not yet announced detailed plans. But some plans have extinguishPointing to a shrinking effort that exceeded the number of probasary employees and the number of employees who have accepted voluntary dismissal offers.

In any case, some planned cuts can be blocked by the courts. On Thursday evening temporarily a federal judge stop the government of the execution of any reductions of in 18 agencies.

And if the dismissals continue, there are rules that determine how government agencies can make them. Part of the process is to assign scores to individual employees Based on their duration of service, performance and veteran status. Those with the highest scores should be given priority for finding other jobs in the desk.

This is what we know about the reduction of power efforts in different agencies.

Educational department

More than 1,300 Employees were fired This week.

This is on top of the 572 who have taken dismissal packages and 63 probation workers who have been fired. The reductions have reduced the size of the agency, which started the year with 4,133 employees, in two.

Last month the agency sent an e -mail and offered employees a buy -out for “very important” fired.

Veteran business department

The department has planned Cut 80,000 people. However, that number can be people who retire or take a buy -out.

In total, the department wants to be worker From 482,000 to 399,957.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The agency plans to Cut at least 1,000 people. This is a supplement to 1,300 employees who have resigned or have been fired.

Together, the reductions would represent nearly 20 percent of the approximately 13,000 members of Noaa.

Food and Drug Administration

The agency held a meeting with employees on Thursday, but did not say how many cuts they wanted to make, according to two employees who spoke on condition of anonymity. Officials presented employees with a list of job categories that were eligible for voluntary divorce packages. This included staff aimed at laboratory safety, ethical management, records management and the Freedom of Information Act, giving the public access to government registers. Employees were told that those jobs could also be the target for fired.

Social Security Administration

The office has planned cuts of around 7,000 employees, included Those who choose to retire or resign. The goal is to reduce the workforce to 50,000, according to the agency.

NASA

The agency said it would reduce jobs by closing specific offices. The Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy; the office of the chief scientist; And the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and accessibility were directed, as well as some other employees in the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunities, according to a memo of 10 March shared with The Times.

The agency has not provided any total number of cuts.

Ministry of Defense

A recent memo stated that the department hopes to reduce voluntary early resources and dismissal stimuli, such as buyouts. Plans to make extra cuts on the workforce are due to the civil personnel policy of the department before March 20, according to the memo.

Housing and urban development

The agency has previously announced dismissal plans for 144 employees in the Office of Field Policy and Management. It has not announced any other details about future cuts.

Christina Jewett And Helene Cooper contributed reporting.