Demonstrators gather outside of the offices of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025 to protest against mass layoffs and budget cuts at the agency, initiated by the Trump administration and DOGE. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Some sub-offices were left completely empty, the Office of the Inspector General found using Microsoft Teams, since the agency refused to supply staffing data.
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees arrive for the “Rally to Save the Civil Service” in Upper Senate Park outside the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The move against OCIO and FSA CTO staffers follows a March 2025 Trump executive order barring collective bargaining agreements for nearly two-thirds of the federal workforce.
STANFORD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 28: Pedestrians walk on the Stanford University campus on March 28, 2025 in Stanford, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A woman walks under a sign of big data analytics Palantir at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 22, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before the House Appropriations Committee at the U.S. Capitol on June 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The White House disclosed at least 4,100 federal workers may have been sent RIF notices, a week after President Trump said he and OMB’s Russ Vought would…