#Federal-Workforce
Events indexed under #Federal-Workforce — 28 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | OPM Proposes Rule Making Performance Primary Factor in Federal Layoffs, Replacing Seniority OPM · AFGE · Rep. James Walkinshaw | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-24 | DOGE Disbanded Eight Months Early After Musk Departure and Trump Feud Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Scott Kupor · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | Trump Administration Fires Federal Employees During Government Shutdown, Courts Order Reinstatement as Unions Win Injunctions AFGE · AFSCME · Donald Trump · Judge Susan Illston · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-18 | EPA Announces Largest Workforce Reduction in History — 3,707 Employees Cut, Office of Research and Development Eliminated Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · DOGE | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-08 | Supreme Court lifts injunctions, enables mass firings at 19 federal agencies U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Agencies · General Services Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | Budget Bill Attempts Schedule F Through Financial Coercion of Federal Employees House Republicans · Senate Republicans · American Federation of Government Employees · Partnership for Public Service | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | 128,709 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-04 | 59,000 Federal Jobs Officially Eliminated by June 2025, True Scope Far Larger as DOGE Campaign Transforms Government Workforce Donald Trump · DOGE · Elon Musk · Office of Personnel Management · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Federal workforce shrinks by 59,000 jobs with 154,000 on paid leave Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Over 275,000 federal layoffs announced with 128,709 workers targeted Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Federal Workforce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-29 | Trump Administration Implements Loyalty Tests for Federal Hiring Donald Trump · White House · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-20 | Schedule F Implementation Deadline: Systematic Federal Workforce Reclassification Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies · Trump Administration · Federal Workforce | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | Challenger data shows DOGE drove 280,253 federal layoffs across 27 agencies Department of Government Efficiency · Challenger Gray & Christmas · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Executive Order on Federal Collective Bargaining Exclusions Donald Trump · White House · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Judge Alsup Orders Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Employees, Rules OPM Mass Terminations Unlawful Judge William Alsup · AFGE · AFSCME · Office of Personnel Management · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-06 | Federal layoffs surge to 62,530 in first two months as DOGE cuts dominate Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies · Challenger Gray & Christmas | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Federal Agencies Fire 62,530 Workers in Two Months - 41,311% Increase Over 2024 Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Interior · forest-service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | 154,000 Federal Employees Accept Deferred Resignation Program Buyouts Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal employees | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOGE Orchestrates Mass Firing of Nearly 25,000 Probationary Federal Workers Across Government | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | OPM Orders Mass Firing of Nearly 25,000 Probationary Federal Employees Across All Agencies Office of Personnel Management · Charles Ezell · Donald Trump · DOGE · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | Federal job applicants required to write essays on advancing Trump's orders Office of Personnel Management · White House Personnel Office | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | MAGA commissars deployed throughout federal agencies to monitor compliance White House Personnel Office · Federal Agencies · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-28 | OPM Sends "Fork in the Road" Email Offering 2 Million Federal Employees Deferred Resignation Office of Personnel Management · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · DOGE · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | Time finds nearly 65% of early executive actions mirror Project 2025 proposals Donald Trump · Russ Vought · Heritage Foundation · Paul Dans | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Coordinated Federal Workforce Purge: Schedule F and DOJ Personnel Removal Donald Trump · Molly Gaston · J.P. Cooney · Anne McNamara · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Executive Order 14171: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions (Schedule F) Donald Trump · Office of Personnel Management · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-21 | Trump Issues Original Schedule F Executive Order: Civil Service Protection Elimination Donald Trump · Office of Personnel Management · Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 · +1 | confirmed |