Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

128,709 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs

| Importance: 7/10

CNN tracked at least 128,709 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs by June 26, 2025. The New York Times reported over 58,500 confirmed cuts, 76,000 employee buyouts, and 149,000 other planned reductions totaling 12% of the 2.4 million civilian federal workforce. This represents the most …

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Federal Workforce Shrinks by 59,000 Jobs Under Project 2025 Plan

| Importance: 9/10

Federal workforce reduced by 59,000 positions with additional 154,000 employees on paid administrative leave through deferred resignation program designed to accelerate exodus of career officials, implementing Project 2025’s government reduction goals. OMB Director Russell Vought explicitly …

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TIGTA snapshot: IRS workforce reductions, DRP details

| Importance: 6/10

TIGTA May 2025 report documents 25% IRS workforce reduction from 103,000 to 77,428 employees since Jan 2025. 25,386 separations via Deferred Resignation Program (DRP), terminations, RIFs. 27% of tax examiners, 26% of revenue agents departed. DRP required critical filing season staff work until May …

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Executive Order on Federal Collective Bargaining Exclusions

| Importance: 6/10

EO on federal collective bargaining exclusions issued; OPM guidance and White House fact sheet published exempting agencies with national security missions from federal collective bargaining requirements

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MAGA commissars deployed throughout federal agencies to monitor compliance

| Importance: 7/10

Administration deployed what agency staff call ‘MAGA commissars’ - young Trump loyalists placed throughout federal agencies to monitor compliance with administration directives and screen remaining career staff for political reliability. These individuals, often without specific agency …

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