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USDA received overwhelmingly negative feedback on its reorg plan from employees, lawmakers and locals governments
The department solicited comments and those who wrote in said a potential exodus of staff and loss of local interaction would prove harmful to farmers.
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Education Department civil rights staff returning to work to tackle complaint backlog
More than 200 Office for Civil Rights employees targeted as part of a larger RIF effort at the Education Department in March, they are now being brought back to the office.
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Trump’s Education Department transfers illegal, Senate Dems say
Four Democratic senators blasted an Education Department plan to move certain operations to other departments through interagency agreements as “outrageous,” and “illegal,” saying it circumvented appropriations law.
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Plan to break up the Education Department would strain other agencies, Democrats and students warn
Lawmakers and student leaders say shifting major Education Department programs to other federal departments after deep layoffs and downsizing would create service gaps, weaken oversight and leave vulnerable students without support.
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Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans
A cadre of unions and school districts seeking to stop the White House's plan to shutter the Education Department have now added to their ongoing lawsuit interagency agreements transferring department operations to other offices.
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CFPB to issue mass furlough by year's end and transfer outstanding cases to DOJ
The initiative marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to close the bureau.
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Trump admin acknowledges difficulties in transferring Education programs to other agencies, internal documents show
The work Education has done so far is "minuscule" compared to what's to come, department says.
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Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies a premium to subsume their employees
The Interior Department's consolidation efforts is coming with a cost to National Parks and other components of the agency.
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Agency reassignments expected as Education takes further steps to eliminate itself
The department, which has already shed half its staff, is not expected to issue any immediate layoffs as part of the overhaul.
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I spent 50 years in government and here’s how to fix it
COMMENTARY | After serving under presidents from Johnson to Obama, David Mader has seen what works and what doesn’t in government and why improving it is about making it serve the public better, not running it like a business.
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VA to set caps on its workforce, eliminate positions and tighten controls on hiring
The Veterans Affairs Department secretary is creating a new "baseline" that cannot easily be exceeded, according to internal memo.
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Trump may proceed with dismantling and mass layoffs at CFPB, court rules
About 90% of the agency's staff were expected to receive RIF notices.
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USDA says reorg disfavors layoffs, predicts most employees will accept relocations
A significant percent more than a majority will come" to new locations, Agriculture Department official says.
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Secretary Rollins’ reorganization of USDA will weaken the delivery of programs to farmers, ranchers and rural communities
COMMENTARY | USDA's proposed reorganization will make the department's work more challenging, with a "accomplish less with less" approach, says former official.
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USDA to relocate thousands of staff outside Washington, consolidate dozens of offices
The Agriculture Department is slashing regional offices and centralizing staff into five new hubs across the country.
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Agency RIF plans will remain secret for now after court blocks release
As more agency layoffs appear imminent, an appeals court has intervened in allowing more details on the plans to be released.
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VA launches a departmentwide 'review of its mission' as it seeks changes to its operations
Veterans Affairs is no longer planning mass layoffs, but major changes still expected.
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USDA asks employees to transfer to 'critical' vacancies, suggests more cuts coming
The administration is asking employees “to help the agency with no guarantee of protection in the future," one staffer says.
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Some agencies are walking back planned layoffs, Trump administration says
Other agencies are moving forward with RIFs and terminations, but official tells federal court some plans have changed.
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