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US Interior Department to reduce staff through deferred resignation, early retirement
The department is again offering deferred resignations and early retirements as it seeks to streamline operations and shift more Park Service staff into visitor-facing roles.
- On Thursday, the Interior Department announced a third opportunity for employees to accept voluntary early retirement or deferred resignation as part of a modernization initiative to reduce administrative burdens.
- Last October, the Interior Department attempted to eliminate more than 2,000 positions, but Congress and federal courts blocked those efforts, preventing the agency from sending out RIF notices.
- Interior is evaluating core functions across its 13 bureaus and offices to streamline decision-making, while aligning more National Park Service employees into visitor-facing roles and centralizing IT staff under the Office of the Secretary.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring wildland fire program consolidation, though the Senate Appropriations Committee limited these reforms; the newly created Wildland Fire Service now manages unified operations within the agency.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated that modernizing operations strengthens the agency's mission, aligning with President Trump's broader administrative effort to shrink the size of the federal government.
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Interior Department Offers Staff Early Retirement
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Thursday that it will offer employees new opportunities to retire early, as part of the agency’s strategy to improve efficiency. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the staff-reduction measures are part of a broader strategy to also boost American energy independence and better serve taxpayers. The department, which manages more than 480 million acres of public lands, 750 million acres of subsurfa…
US Interior Department Moves to Cut Staff Through Deferred Resignation, Early Retirement
The U.S. Department of the Interior will offer employees new opportunities to leave the agency as part of a plan to improve efficiency, it said in a statement on Thursday. Interior will offer a new deferred resignation program and voluntary early retirement, it said, without giving details on the number of employees or parts of the agency that would be targeted. Interior officials were not immediately available for additional comment. The move i…
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