Federal Agency RIF Watch: March 10

Government Executive updated their tally of government agency layoffs as of March 10, 2025. Agencies have until March 13 to finalize their plans to slash their workforces to achieve "maximum elimination" of federal agency functions.

This tally is separate from the mass firing of probationary employees totaling more than 25,000.

Government Executive confirms the following layoffs carried out, planned, or expected:

• Defense: up to 61,000 civilian employees (5-8%).
• Education: buyout offers made to most employees but no numbers yet.
• EPA: expecting up 11,000 employees (65%).
• FTC: "around a dozen" employees.
• GSA: expecting up to 600 employees.
• HHS: up to 3,400 employees.
• HUD: notices sent but no numbers given.
• Labor: up to 450 (90%).
• OPM: "dozens" of employees.
• SSA: up to 7,000 employees.
• USAID: 2,000 employees (nearly all).
• VA: more than 80,000 employees.

RIF watch: See which agencies are laying off federal workers

Here are the agencies where we have confirmed layoffs have taken or are about to take place. We will update as we learn more.

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"A President Trump executive order and subsequent guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management has to plan for the 'maximum elimination' of federal agency functions not required by law."

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