Pentagon to cut up to 60K civilian jobs, but fewer than 21K have voluntarily resigned
Of the 60,000 civilian jobs the Pentagon is looking to cut, about 21,000 employees have accepted voluntary resignations, a ...
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Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations
Plans to cut probationary workers — which the Pentagon said targeted about 5,400 of the roughly 54,000 in the department — are already on hold due to court challenges. The official added that ...
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What We Know About Pentagon Cuts: Defense Department Announces Thousands Of Layoffs—Starting Next Week
The Defense Department is aiming to cut 5% to 8% of its civilian workforce, it announced Friday, potentially eliminating tens of thousands of jobs from the sprawling agency—as the Pentagon joins ...
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Pentagon to fire 5,400 probationary workers, institute hiring freeze
It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees, U.S. officials said. They said those ...
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Pentagon announces it plans to fire 5-8% of civilian workforce
CNN reported the Defense Department had temporarily paused a plan to carry out mass firings of civilian probationary employees until Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon’s Office ...
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Pentagon expects to fire more than 5,000 civilian probationary employees starting next week
WASHINGTON — The first firings of Defense Department civilian probationary employees are expected to start next week, the Pentagon announced Friday. “We expect approximately 5,400 probationary ...
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Child as young as 5 involved in Pentagon City robbery, police say
A group of kids — including a boy who could be as young as 5 years old — robbed a store near the mall in Pentagon City ... Arlington County Police Department spokesperson Alli Shorb said.