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At Least $10 Billion Was Spent on Paying Federal Staff to Do Nothing in 2025
December 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release:

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At Least $10 Billion Was Spent on Paying Federal Staff to Do Nothing in 2025

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The Trump administration's continuous use of mass administrative leave - paying federal employees to not work - in 2025 was illegal and extremely wasteful, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), . . .

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