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Trump Cuts Federal Civil Service by 300,000 Workers

8/28/2026

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Story summary
  • U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cut the federal civil service by over 300,000 workers.
  • Forty-one percent of those separations came from the Deferred Resignation Program.
  • Only about 15% of Deferred Resignation Program separations were replaced, according to OPM Director Scott Kupor.
  • Backfilled hires entered roughly 1.4 General Schedule grades lower.
  • IRS policy lacks a deadline while TIGTA reports 1,308 IT assets not returned, 594 missing by April 2026, worth over $270,000.