WASHINGTON ‒ About 75,000 federal employees accepted President Donald Trump’s buyout offer, which closed to applicants Wednesday night.
The final buyout tally comes after a federal judge lifted a pause on the program earlier in the day. The figure, confirmed by an Office of Personnel Management official, represents about 3.3% of the federal government’s 2.3 million workers.
That’s below the White House’s projections of 5% to 10% of the workforce who were expected to accept the buyouts.
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday restored Trump’s buyout project, dubbed “Fork in the Road,” deciding federal employees unions that sued to stop the program lacked standing to bring their challenge and that his court does not have jurisdiction to hear their complaint.
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