Incidents affecting federal government employees, including mass firings, forced resignations, elimination of civil service protections, and political purges of the professional bureaucracy.
DOGE directed mass firings of probationary employees, coerced ~75,000 resignations through the 'Fork in the Road' program, and orchestrated reductions in force totaling ~300,000 federal positions. …
On January 28, 2025, OPM sent the 'Fork in the Road' email — modeled on Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs — offering federal employees paid leave …
On February 14 ('Valentine's Day Massacre'), DOGE directed agencies to fire nearly 25,000 probationary employees, many falsely labeled as …
Executive Order 14151 directed elimination of all federal DEI programs. DOGE implemented a three-phase purge, firing thousands of workers — including many who had no current DEI role — using AI tools …
Executive Order 14151, signed January 20, 2025, directed agencies to terminate all DEI offices, positions, equity action plans, DEI-related …
OPM gave agencies until noon on January 23 — just three days — to report all DEIA offices, employees, and contractors, and to develop …
Schedule F reclassification targets 50,000 federal employees for removal of civil service protections, enabling political firing for 'subversion of presidential directives.' The rule strips appeal …
Approximately 50,000 federal employees (2% of the federal workforce) will be reclassified into 'Schedule Policy/Career,' losing civil …
The final rule removes statutory whistleblower protections and prevents workers from appealing their reclassification to the Merit Systems …