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Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management
September 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research:

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Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management

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Last week, the Trump Administration leaked a memo directing agencies to consider widespread firings of federal employees in the event of a government shutdown. [1] But a shutdown provides no new legal authority to engage in m . . .

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