The Trump administration and the department of government efficiency have ordered the FBI to dismiss almost all probationary employees who had not yet received a civil servant from civil servants.
Moreover, employees were warned with some agencies that large cuts would be in the workplace, in movements that could influence 200,000 employees.
Trump's first attempt to reduce the staff was the deferred dismissal program, usually described as a buy -out, who offered to pay people until 30 September if they agreed to stop.
The White House said that 75,000 people have registered and that a federal court had cleaned up a legal road barrier for the program on Wednesday.
However, the number of employees who took the offer was less than the target of the administration, and Trump made it clear that he would take further steps.
The decision about probation workers, who generally have less than a year, came from the Office of Personnel Management, which serves as a personnel department for the federal government.
The notification was confirmed by a person who is familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.
It is expected that it will be the first step in sweeping. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that told desk leaders on Tuesday to plan 'large -scale reductions in force'.
The Trump Government has ordered federal agencies to dismiss almost all probation workers who had not yet gained protection for officials, which may affect 200,000 employees
Trump's first attempt to reduce the workforce was the deferred dismissal program, usually described as a buy -out, who offered to pay people until 30 September if they agreed to stop
Elon Musk, who has given President Trump a great space to defeat government spending with Doge, called on Thursday for the elimination of entire agencies.
“I think we should remove entire agencies instead of leaving many of them,” Musk said via a video ball to the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “If we don't remove the roots from the weed, it's easy for the weed to grow back.”
Thursday's order was an extension of previous instructions from OPM, which agencies told earlier this week that probation of employees should be fired if they did not meet high standards.
It is not clear how many employees are currently in a probationary period. According to government data that is maintained by OPM, from March 2024, 220,000 employees had less than a year at work – the most recent data available.
The dismissal of probation workers started earlier this week and included the Bureau for Financial Protection of Consumer Financial and the Ministry of Education.
According to a trade union, at least 39 have been dismissed from the Education department, which represents employees of the Agency, including employees of civil rights, specialists with special education and officials of Studenthulp.
The dismissals have also affected Department of Veterans Affairs researchers who work on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prostheses and Burn Pit exposure, said the American senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, Thursday.
“I hear from old VA researchers in my home state Washington who are now being told to stop their research and pack their bags immediately,” said Murray in a statement, “not because their work is not desperately needed, but because Trump and Elon have decided to dismiss these researchers on a whim. '
Thursday's order was an extension of previous instructions from OpM, which agencies told earlier this week that probation employees should be dismissed if they did not meet high standards
Elon Musk, who has given President Trump a large leeway to beat government spending with his Ministry of Government Efficiency, called on Thursday for the elimination of entire agencies
Public employees for environmental responsibility, a group that defends government workers, said that the food safety and inspection service of the agricultural department would be particularly harsh by interpreting employees because it has problems.
The civil federal workforce, excluding soldiers and post -employees, consists of around 2.4 million people. While about 20% of employees are in Washington DC and the adjacent States of Maryland and Virginia, more than 80% live outside the Capitool region.
Employees of the National Science Foundation and Housing and Urban Development Department were told this week that large reductions, in some cases, would come a halving of the workforce, according to a person who is familiar with the situation that spoke due to anonymity because they They were not authorized to discuss it.
The National Science Foundation was told to expect a reduction of 25% to 50% within two months, while the Housing and Urban Development department was told to plan a reduction of 50%, the person said.
Employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also delete on Thursday for reducing their workforce.
The order that Trump signed on Tuesday stipulated that the government functions that are not legally required would be prioritized for cuts and recruitment will be limited. With exceptions for functions such as public safety, only one employee can be added for every four who leave. In addition, new employees in general would need the approval of a representative of the Doge, which extends the influence of the Musk team.
Trump, who later spoke with reporters in the White House, praised the work of Musk to lower the federal editions.
“We are looking for waste, fraud and abuse,” he said. “That's what Elon is working so hard on.”
The Republican President has also been strongly critical of federal employees, especially those who want to continue to work at a distance, although his administration is simultaneously working on reducing federal office space and terminating the rents in the entire government.
“Nobody is going to work from home,” Trump said Monday. 'They go out, they are going to play tennis, they are going to play golf, they are going to do a lot of things. They don't work. '
