By Alexandra Alper and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Roughly 154,000 federal employees have taken buyouts offered by ...

The federal government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as part of the deferred resignation program.

A new government estimate, along with a study by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, provides a long-awaited window ...

Some have been fired. Two have moved abroad, fearing for their safety. Yet free-speech experts say the group's websites ...

Have efforts to cut government waste resulted in more spending? In the case of the deferred resignation, a new report ...

The 154,000 does not include staff members fired or ones who opted into other programs to slash the federal payrolls.

State budget officials say a plan to hire displaced federal workers is now on hold and are rescinding a budget request for ...

Approximately 154,000 federal employees accepted buyout offers under a program initiated by Elon Musk in collaboration with the Trump administration. This move is part of a strategic plan to reduce ...

In an email sent to more than 2 million federal workers last week, the Office of Personnel Management set a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Thursday for employees to accept the buyout, which has prompted ...

The scheduled departures include 4.5 percent of people at the Federal Aviation Administration, but roughly 30 percent of employees at agencies dealing with highway safety and mass transit, according ...

State budget officials say a plan to hire displaced federal workers is now on hold and are rescinding a budget request for ...