Veterans have historically had a lower unemployment rate than non-veterans. But one driver has shifted significantly this year: job cuts across the federal workforce, which the Trump administration ...

A VA spokesperson says “only VA employees whose departure will not negatively impact VA health care or benefits will be ...

Due to the Department of Defense's (DoD) deferred resignation programs for civilian employees, two offices on Fort Carson were forced to close on Mondays due to staffing shortages.

The deferred resignation initiative offered staffers eight months of pay and benefits if they parted ways with their federal government jobs.

The deferred resignation and voluntary early retirement programs are “workforce-shaping tools,” a news release reads, intended to help the department reach its goal of reducing its civilian ...

A deferred resignation program that the Office of Personnel Management offered federal workers in February also enabled qualifying employees to be placed on paid administrative leave through Sept. 30.

The Department of Defense recently announced a “deferred resignation” program and a voluntary early retirement authority (or ”VERA") for civilian employees — and employees can apply for ...

Several federal agencies have reopened deferred resignation programs as the Trump administration continues its efforts to reduce the federal workforce.

HUD officials reopened the deferred resignation program after they “heard from staff who wish they had taken it,” the agency posted on X. All employees are eligible but must decide by April 11.

Highly qualified experts, civilian employees who are also reservists and foreign embassy staff do not qualify for the Defense Department’s deferred resignation program because they are ...

WASHINGTON — At least six federal agencies are offering workers a new "deferred resignation" opportunity in the latest attempt by the Trump administration to slash the size of the U.S. government.

The deferred resignation program The buyout program is structured as a "deferred resignation," in which a federal employee who accepts the offer has an effective resignation date of Sept. 30, 2025.