Trump Deferred Resignation Program Cost Federal Agencies $11 Billion for Non-Working Employees, Report Finds
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Chris Marr
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The Trump administration's "fork in the road" deferred resignation program has cost federal agencies at least $11 billion, paying nearly 140,000 employees who accepted buyouts to resign without working through March. The costs continue to grow as some agencies extended new deferred resignation offers into 2026, according to an analysis by the advocacy group Public Citizen.
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Nearly 140,000 federal employees have voluntarily left government jobs by accepting incentives to resign since President Donald Trump began his second term as president
The costs related to those departures continue to accumulate, as some federal agencies have extended new deferred resignation offers in 2026
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