The agency is giving employees in its healthcare and insurance division another shot at opting into the deferred resignation program. The federal government’s human resources office shed more than a ...

A new report said spending on paid administrative leave grew sixfold last year because of a deferred resignation program to shrink the government workforce.

A GAO report found the Trump administration spent $9.5 billion on paid leave in 2025, including $6.7 billion tied to DOGE-era buyouts for employees not working.

Federal workers paid billions in administrative leave as Trump administration workforce cuts sent more than 144,000 employees ...

The Army has officially lifted its civilian hiring freeze, nearly 20 months after President Donald Trump imposed a governmentwide hiring freeze on his first day back in office.

The Trump administration paid outgoing federal employees nearly $7 billion not to work under the Department of Government Efficiency’s deferred resignation program, according to a new report from the ...

According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report published Tuesday, the use of paid administrative leave increased by 435% from 2023 to 2025.

The government paid federal employees more than $9 billion not to work as part of a Department of Government Efficiency program, a new report said.

The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new ...

The federal government’s human resources office shed more than a third of its total workforce so far under the second Trump administration and is seeking further staffing cuts through another round of ...