The US government has accelerated Reuters to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk with federal bureaucrats, union sources and employees familiar with their employees, according to thousands of people on Thursday at multiple agencies. They started firing people.
The Veterans Affairs Bureau, which provides medical care to veterans, said it has given up more than 1,000 employees on probation, but the U.S. Forest Service has now launched more than 3,000 people.
End emails have been sent to government workers in the past 48 hours. Most recently hired employees still on probation at agencies such as the Ministry of Education, Small Business Management, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and General Services Bureau. It manages many federal buildings.
The federal overhaul of Trump and Tesla CEO Musk appeared to be expanding as Musk aides arrived at the federal tax revenue agency, the Internal Revenue Service and the US Embassy for the first time.
Trump defended the effort, saying the federal government is getting too bloated and much money is being lost in waste and fraud.
The federal government has debt of about $36 trillion, a deficit of $1.8 trillion last year, and there is a bipartisan agreement on the need for government reform.
But critics have questioned Musk's blunt instrumental approach, which has accumulated extraordinary influence on Trump's presidency.
Government data shows that around 280,000 private government workers were employed two years ago, making it easier to close as they are still on probation.
However, launches at the US Consumer Financial Protection Agency appeared to exceed probation employees.
The notice was sent to dozens of term employees, full-time workers contracted with the last date, said a source who requested anonymity to avoid anonymity.
Those shootings came after the Consumer Protection Agency ended up as many as 70 probation staff members on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Forest Service reported that it was set to fire 3,400 probation employees at all levels of the agency, citing sources that pointed out firefighters would be exempt.
In a statement, the termination said the termination would “save more than $98 million a year on the department, and the VA will redirect all of these resources towards healthcare, benefits and services for VA beneficiaries.” I stated.
All probation staff at the U.S. government's human resources department, Personnel Management, were fired on a group call Thursday and were told to leave the agency's headquarters in Washington, two sources said.
OPM officials also met with other government agencies on Thursday and advised probation employees to be fired, with a few exceptions, according to those familiar with the matter.
Legal issues
Even if the firing begins, groups from 14 states file federal lawsuits in Washington and argue. that Trump illegally appointed Musk and granted him “unconfirmed legal authority” without permission from the US Congress.
Most civil servant employees may be legally fired only for performance or misconduct misconduct, and if they are deliberately let go, they will have many due process and right to appeal. I have it.
Probation employees, who are primarily targeted in Thursday's wave, have fewer legal protections.
“The agency has discovered that your abilities, knowledge and skills are not suitable for continuous employment as they do not meet your current needs. Performance is sufficient to justify further employment with the agency. Not that,” the SBA said.
Reuters saw a copy of the firing letter.
A letter to the recent employment of at least 160 people at the Department of Education, also seen in Reuters, told them that their ongoing employment was “not in the public interest.”
Trump, a Republican serving his second term on Wednesday, reiterated his desire to shut down the Department of Education.
About 100 probation employees received their firing letters at the GSA on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with shootings.
A GSA employee said he remained for a month until his probation period ended and received excellent performance reviews, but was told he would be fired this week on Friday.
“Until two weeks ago, this was an absolute dream job. Now it's become an absolute nightmare about what's going on, the workers told Reuters.
The Musk's Government Efficiency Bureau, or cost-cutting efforts named Doge, did not respond to requests for comment, but an OPM spokesman said the shootings were in line with the new government's policies.
“The Trump administration encourages the use of probationary periods as intended as a continuation of the job search process rather than as a permanent employment qualification,” the spokesman said.
About 75,000 workers have signed up for the acquisition, White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt told reporters. This corresponds to 3% of the private labor force.
Trump has sought to take on the massive downsizing of South African-born Musk and his team, a temporary government agency, Doge, to take on the massive downsizing of 2.3 million major private federal workers.
The world's wealthiest Musk sent Doge members to at least 16 government agencies, where he accessed computer systems with sensitive personnel and financial information, and sent workers home.
Doge's top staff member Gavin Kliger arrived at the new agency, the IRS on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Musk aides to the IRS, a longtime target of Republicans who claim that the Biden administration has weaponized the agency to target small and medium-class Americans with unnecessary audits It was the first time I'd been in.
