Loading ...2,000 USAID staff to be cut, others put on administrative leave
The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave beginning on Monday at midnight, according to a notice reviewed by The Hill. While staff on administrative leave may retain access to their emails and USAID systems, they are not permitted to do work. At the same time, 2,000 staff are expected to be cut from the agency in the U.S., part of a “Reduction-in-Force,”
Hundreds of employees contracted to work with USAID were fired. In one bureau providing life-saving humanitarian assistance, one USAID official estimated the firing of contractors cut staff by between 40 and 60 percent. “There is no one left to do any work,” the USAID official said, requesting anonymity to protect against retaliation.
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USAID workers have begun leaving their building in DC after being fired.
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