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leave in 2025, with about $6.7 billion tied to the DOGE-era deferred resignation program. Call it “efficiency” if you want. The only result was fewer federal employees and a federal workforce dramatically reshaped by a corrupt administration.
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U.S. GAO - Federal Workforce: Deferred Resignation Program Largely Responsible for Sixfold Increase in Paid Administrative Leave Salary Costs
Federal agencies can use paid administrative leave (excused absence with pay) for workforce flexibility. Agencies spent $9.5 billion on salary costs...
