Federal RIF List: Feb 4th

Department of Education

  • Reduction Type: Planned RIFs, Deferred Resignations, Early Retirements
  • Estimated % Cut: Potentially 100%
  • Notes: The agency may face dissolution, transfer of responsibilities to state governments or other federal entities, or a mass RIF leaving only essential staff.
  • Source: Associated Press, Reuters

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Reduction Type: Planned RIFs, Contractor Terminations
  • Estimated % Cut: Potentially 100%
  • Notes: The agency may face dissolution, transfer to the State Department, or a mass RIF leaving only essential staff. Senior staff placed on administrative leave; numerous contractors fired amid foreign aid freeze.
  • Source: Associated Press, Reuters

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

  • Reduction Type: Planned RIFs, Deferred Resignations, Early Retirements
  • Estimated % Cut: 70% (initial 30%)
  • Notes: Internal staffing & programs targeted.
  • Source: Federal News Network

General Services Administration (GSA)

  • Reduction Type: Planned RIFs, Deferred Resignations, Early Retirements
  • Estimated % Cut: ~50%
  • Notes: All programs and personnel targeted. RIF is expected “shortly” after Feb. 6
  • Source: Federal News Network

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • Reduction Type: Forced Resignations, Terminations, Purge of Investigators
  • Estimated % Cut: 5,000 (everyone who worked on Jan 6th cases) plus all probationary employees
  • Notes: Senior officials in multiple cities (Miami, Philadelphia, D.C., New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles) ordered to resign or be fired. Career law enforcement officials, including those involved in Jan. 6 and Trump-related cases, facing termination.
  • Source: CBS News, Reuters

Department of Justice (DOJ)

  • Reduction Type: Mass Firing of Federal Prosecutors
  • Estimated % Cut: ~30 dismissed so far
  • Notes: Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the firing of prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases following President Trump's clemency for individuals charged in connection with the riot.
  • Source: Associated Press

Multiple Agencies (Inspectors General Firings)

  • Reduction Type: Mass Firings of Inspectors General
  • Estimated % Cut: 17 inspectors general dismissed
  • Notes: Firings conducted without the required 30-day notice to Congress, raising legal concerns.
  • Source: Reuters