The newly released requirements for agencies to move forward with mass cuts to the federal work force have employees even more on edge.
A Trump administration memo gives agencies an April 14 deadline to submit “any proposed relocations of agency bureaus and offices from Washington, D.C. and the National Capital Region to less-costly parts of the country.
The Trump administration on Wednesday ordered all federal departments and agencies to submit reorganization plans outlining how they would implement large-scale layoffs before March 13.
A memo from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management gives agencies until April 14 to propose any office relocations.
All agencies under the executive branch now have until April 14 to propose new locations for their respective offices and bureaus, as part of a Wednesday memo from the directors of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Some Republicans are claiming that Democrats have exaggerated and inflated the state's projected operating budget deficit to rationalize tax hikes.
Democratic lawmakers are highlighting a plan to balance Washington's budget with no tax increases, arguing that deep cuts will harm Washingtonians served by state programs, including in health care and higher education.
Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers were fired in recent weeks.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A month ago, the federal Office of Management and Budget released a memo that put a widespread freeze on all federal assistance. Confusion, panic ensued and multiple lawsuits were filed to stop the funding freeze.
Gov. Bob Ferguson unveiled a plan Thursday to save Washington $4 billion over the next four years to address a budget deficit the governor projects to be $15 billion over the next four years. He announced the plan amidst what Ferguson described as a "budget crisis" as he called on the state government to "do a better job of budgeting within our means.