{"id":60630,"date":"2025-08-24T13:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=60630"},"modified":"2025-08-24T13:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:04:20","slug":"the-impact-of-doge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=60630","title":{"rendered":"The Impact of DOGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about some of the changes President Trump is making in the federal workforce.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

New Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor told several news outlets, most recently<\/a> the New York Times<\/em>, that the federal workforce will drop from 2.4 million to 2.1 million employees, largely as the result of the Department of Government Efficiency\u2019s (DOGE) efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a lengthy interview<\/a> this week with Washington, DC, station WTOP, Kupor said that up to 80 percent of the reductions come from federal workers choosing to access buyouts or another program that paid them while they looked for other work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

CNN has featured a tracker<\/a> of employee reductions implemented by the Trump administration. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) dismissed some 10,000 employees when it was dismantled entirely.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Others, as Breitbart News reported,<\/a>\u00a0 include more than 20,000 employees reportedly cut or accepting buyouts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Some 7,300 have been dismissed at the Internal Revenue Service, according to the CNN tracker.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kupor told the Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0he doesn\u2019t expect any significant new layoff announcements this year, Forbes reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kupor, confirmed to his position in July, comes from the private sector, where he was a managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He told the TV station he\u2019s well aware of the personal consequences for some of those who no longer have federal jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI recognize and understand we\u2019re talking about very serious things. Anytime we do layoffs or reductions, you know, that impacts people\u2019s families, it impacts people\u2019s friends, it impacts their ability to be contributing members to their community,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd look, we need to recognize and understand that is a difficult thing for people to live through.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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