Hegseth signs memo for cuts to Pentagon civilian workforce

Hegseth Restarts Resignation Program in Effort to Cut More Civilian Pentagon Jobs

Hegseth signed a memo Friday to restart a deferred resignation program that emerged out of billionaire Elon Musk's "Fork in the Road" email, which went out to all federal employees in late January.

Defense Department to offer new round of voluntary resignations, retirements. There are few details

The Defense Department is going to offer a new round of voluntary resignations and retirements to the civilian workforce, but details are slim.

DoD reopens deferred resignation program, offers early retirements

In an effort to further shrink the size of its civilian workforce, the Defense Department is reopening the Deferred Resignation Program and offering early retirements or voluntary separations to its eligible employees.  In a memo signed March 28, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed senior Pentagon officials, combatant commands, and defense agency and field activity directors to begin implementing the “Workforce Acceleration and Recapitalizat…

The D Brief: DOD-shakeup proposals due in days; Border-ops price tag; New Army tech; Rocketmakers’ green light; And a bit more.

Senior Defense Department leaders have less than two weeks to submit proposals to shrink and reorganize their commands, agencies, and departments, Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a Friday memo that also proffered early-retirement and deferred-resignation deals to eligible civilian employees. Titled “Initiating the Workforce Acceleration and Recapitalization Initiative,” the memo orders senior Pentagon leaders, combatant commanders, and defense ag…

DOD reopens deferred resignation program, offers early retirements in effort to cut civilian workforce

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hagset has signed a memorandum that provides for the reduction of civilian personnel at the Pentagon.