Huffman, Dexter Demand Documents on Trump Administration’s DOGE-Mandated Reductions in Force Plans
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Oreg.) sent a letter to?Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, demanding answers on the Department’s plans to implement?DOGE-mandated reductions in force (RIF)—a reckless move that could?disrupt critical government services, kill thousands of jobs that depend on these services, and undermine local economies all over the United States.
“To date, the Administration’s efforts to fire federal workers and shutter facilities have created chaos, lacked any discernible strategy, and were sometimes illegal. Federal agencies have fired hundreds of workers and then called them back -- sometimes within a few days of firing them,” the lawmakers wrote.
The lawmakers underscored the reckless and harmful nature of these actions, stating:?“They cancelled hundreds of leases for federal offices, but then walked some of the decisions back, after discovering these closures would impact services and benefits to the tax-paying public. In addition to being chaotic, the Administration’s workforce strategy may have also been purposefully cruel and retaliatory, specifically aiming to “traumatize” the federal workforce into quitting, and leaving the federal government “vigorously shaken.”
Huffman and Dexter emphasized the?deeply concerning implications?of these federal workforce reductions, including the potential gutting of critical agencies responsible for protecting public lands, managing natural resources, and enforcing environmental laws.?
The lawmakers requested the Department provide all materials related to the Office of Management and Budget’s and Office of Personnel Management’s February 26 memo requiring agencies develop agency reductions in force and reorganization plans.
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