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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

It’s a s*** show’: Department of Transportation scrambles to keep staff who accepted resignations

So many workers at the Department of Transportation accepted a second deferred resignation offer that officials have been forced to ask some of them to reconsider.

As part of President Donald Trump and the Elon Musk-led DOGE’s efforts to slash the federal workforce, the Transportation Department offered employees another opportunity to take a deferred resignation, for which approximately 4,700 people volunteered, according to Politico.

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