Agencies across the federal government are facing a Thursday deadline to submit plans for sweeping workforce cuts and reorganizations.
President Donald Trump ordered agencies last month to draft plans for “large-scale reductions in force,” and his administration gave agencies a March 13 deadline to hand over plans for “initial agency cuts and reductions,” with another round due in April.
Workers inside energy and environmental agencies — who have already seen colleagues terminated in the early days of Trump’s term — are anxiously awaiting details of the administration’s next targets.
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They’re bracing for steep cuts.
