Trump Buyout at 50,000 Takers as Focus Shifts to Poor Performers
- Federal judge hearing legal challenge delays buyout deadline
- Official asks agencies to identify poorly performing workers
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President Donald Trump’s offer for federal employees to resign from their posts has already been accepted by more than 50,000 workers, according to a person familiar with the effort.
Now the administration is signaling a tougher posture in its bid to shrink the government’s workforce, asking federal agencies to draw up lists of their poorest performing employees by March 7.