President Donald Trump signed a memo final week requiring, in his phrases, “radical transparency.” The week earlier than, Elon Musk claimed “all of our actions are maximally clear.”
However the News4 I-Crew discovered the White Home and federal companies have been something however clear in terms of saying what number of federal staff they’ve terminated since Jan. 20.
The White Home mentioned a complete of 75,000 federal staff mentioned they may take the “Fork within the Highway” deferred resignation provide. But it surely’s nonetheless unclear which companies these staff work for the way most of the resignations had been accepted by companies.
The I-Crew went on the lookout for solutions. We requested each Cupboard-level company what number of staff within the company took the deferred resignation provide; what number of they laid off; how most of the layoffs had been of staff who weren’t probationary staff and what number of layoffs had been of staff within the D.C. space.
In these instances of “radical transparency,” we haven’t obtained many solutions; of the 16 companies we contacted, 11 didn’t reply to all.
Right here’s what the 4 companies that responded to the I-Crew mentioned
The Protection Division, which mentioned it’s chopping greater than 5,000 jobs, advised the I-Crew to ask the Workplace of Personnel Administration for particulars. A spokeswoman there had no direct solutions and referred us to particular person companies.
The State Division mentioned they’re “absolutely complying with all govt orders” however wouldn’t provide any numbers, saying they don’t talk about personnel issues.
The Division of Well being and Human Companies advised the I-Crew they’re taking motion to assist the president’s efforts. They didn’t say how many individuals had been laid off or retired however mentioned even after layoffs and resignations, the division nonetheless has extra individuals than it did when President Joe Biden was in workplace.
The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) was the one division to provide the I-Crew an precise quantity. They mentioned 405 individuals had been laid off and nearly all had been probationary staff. They mentioned the cuts will “end in roughly $50 million in financial savings for American taxpayers and incalculable worth towards accountability and chopping pink tape.”
Firing these 405 individuals reduce DHS’ finances by 0.05%.
We’ve got some concept of the variety of staff who misplaced their jobs solely as a result of the media is attempting to maintain rely. The New York Instances is reporting as many as 28,000 individuals have been fired, laid off or are anticipated to be. The Related Press put that quantity at 4,000.
The I-Crew will hold urgent the places of work ordering these job cuts for the ultimate tally.
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