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After Cost-Cutting Blitz, Trump Administration Rehires Hundreds of Laid-Off Employees
Nearly 400 GSA employees are being offered reinstatement after aggressive staff cuts led to costly lease overruns and operational disruptions, officials said.
- Federal employees who were previously dismissed after managing government workspaces have been requested to return to their positions by October 6, according to an internal GSA memo.
- These rehiring efforts follow massive job cuts starting in March under the Department of Government Efficiency's campaign aimed at reducing fraud, waste, and abuse.
- DOGE's team at GSA headquarters sought to terminate close to half of the federal government's 7,500 lease agreements and aimed to sell numerous government-owned properties to achieve multibillion-dollar cost reductions.
- By the end of July, projected savings from lease cancellations decreased from $460 million to $140 million, and over 480 leases originally planned for termination were allowed to continue following rapid opposition.
- The reversal highlights that the agency ended up severely damaged and short-staffed, expenses increased during the seven months of layoffs, and the Government Accountability Office plans to review GSA’s management and release its findings soon.
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Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs during Elon Musk’s cost-cutting offensive are being asked to return to work. The General Service Administration (GSA) has given employees — who managed government work spaces — until the end of the week to accept or refuse their reinstatement, according to an internal memorandum obtained by The Associated Press.
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Former GSA real estate function ensures that with cost cuts there was no one to perform "base functions". Officials have until the end of the week to accept or not reintegrate.
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