Employees were informed Friday that their positions were being “abolished” and they would be separated from federal service in 60 days. The decision is separate from the ostensibly for-cause firings that OPM kicked off internally earlier this month and have subsequently swept up agencies throughout the government.
The employees impacted by Friday’s moves received reduction-in-force notices from acting OPM Director Charles Ezell, who said he was issuing the layoffs due to three separate executive orders issued by President Trump.
“It is with great regret that I must inform you that your position of Procurement Analyst is being abolished, and you have been reached for release in the reduction in for action,” Ezell wrote in the notices.
He added the employees “do not have an assignment right to another position in your competitive area” and therefore would be separated from federal service on April 23.
The employees will receive severance pay, according to the notice, as is standard in federal RIF procedures.
One employee impacted by the layoffs told Government Executive the moves are part of an effort to fold some of OPM functions into the General Services Administration. In President Trump’s first term, he proposed merging the two agencies.
Earlier this month OPM also shuttered its communications office and placed all employees on administrative leave, including its web team, according to two sources familiar with the moves.
Trump earlier in February ordered federal agencies across government to develop new plans to implement widespread layoffs. Those plan ..
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