Acccording to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) the US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the administration’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) attempts to shrink the federal workforce. Of the $9.5bn p...
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US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost
