75,000 Workers Took Trump, Musk Government Buyout

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75,000 Workers Took Trump, Musk Government Buyout

Roughly 75,000 federal workers across government have accepted a buyout offer, taking an unusual deal headed by the Trump administration as it looks to reduce the federal workforce. The figure is 3.75 percent of the nation’s 2 million federal employees.

A senior administration official confirmed the figure in the hours after a court rejected a bid by unions to quash the program. Follow link to read more. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5142311-opm-75000-workers-took-trump-musk-government-buyout/

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Releases Remarks from American Federation of Government Employees Legislative Conference”

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Releases Remarks from American Federation of Government Employees Legislative Conference”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from today’s address to the American Federation of Government Employees Legislative Conference.

I am pleased to be here with you today. I am a strong supporter of government employees, collective bargaining and labor unions, and I am especially proud of our federal and District of Columbia government employees. I appreciate the work you do every day.

Unfortunately, we are meeting at an unprecedented and extraordinarily difficult time for federal employees. Follow link to read more. https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-releases-remarks-american-federation-government-employees-legislative

 

OPM Retirement Backlog Surges 68% to Start 2025

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OPM Retirement Backlog Surges 68% to Start 2025

OPM’s inventory of retirement claims grew sharply to start 2025, but it’s been worse.

The annual spike in the number of federal employees retiring at the end of the calendar year has caused a massive increase in the size of the OPM retirement backlog to kick off 2025. The total number of outstanding retirement claims at the agency went from 13,876 at the end of December to 23,277 at the end of January, a 68% increase. Click on link to read more from FedSmith. https://lnkd.in/d3xYqZ3Z

Yahoo: Early Impacts of Musk’s Access To U.S. Department Of Treasury Payment System

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Yahoo: Early Impacts of Musk’s Access To U.S. Department Of Treasury Payment System

Source: USA Facts https://bit.ly/4jVXWq8

With the Trump administration taking shape, eyes are also on the size of the federal workforce. From the agencies that fill Washington, DC, to California’s Veterans Affairs offices, millions of people work at the federal level.

As of last November, the federal government employed just over 3 million people, the most since 1994. That’s comparable in size to the information industry, which includes publishing, broadcasting, and telecommunications.

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Yahoo: Early Impacts of Musk’s Access To U.S. Department Of Treasury Payment System

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Yahoo: Early Impacts of Musk’s Access To U.S. Department Of Treasury Payment System

CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Max Richtman, shared his strong opposition to Musk’s access to the payment system and stated, ‘Social Security Beneficiaries May Have Every Reason To Be Alarmed’ By Musk’s Access To U.S. Department Of Treasury Payment System 1

Many are sounding the alarms over Elon Musk’s recent access to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s payment system, which is responsible for handling over $6 trillion in annual federal payments. Follow link below to read more from Yahoo finance.

  1. Source: Yahoo Finance bit.ly/3CL95sT