Federal agencies were required to submit downsizing plans by Thursday night as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s plan to carry out mass firings across government — but it’s unclear what comes next.
Elon Musk’s DOGE will work with the Office of Personnel Management — the government’s human resources department — to review each agency’s plans before carrying out the firings, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. But legal scholars say there are countless legal questions surrounding these large-scale firings that remain unanswered.
