Hacker News
- The White House offering to pay federal workers who don't want to return to the office through Sept. 30, as long as they resign by Feb. 6. https://www.opm.gov/fork 31 comments politics
- Prepare for significant delays in healthcare and admin. OPM sent a mass email offering 8 months pay + benefits to GS employees who resign by 06FEB2025 https://www.opm.gov/fork 96 comments army
Linking pages
- Musk and allies have reportedly seized key HR office - and skipped past officials to send mass resignation email | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-white-house-federal-workers-b2689291.html 524 comments
- VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees - VA News https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-dismisses-more-than-1000-employees/ 468 comments
- Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/ 309 comments
- Judge rules Trump's sweeping plan to persuade federal workers to resign can move forward https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-rules-trumps-sweeping-plan-persuade-federal-workers-resign-can-m-rcna191947 196 comments
- Trump buyout deals could be canceled, Education Dept. staff told https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/buyout-trump-offer-workforce-resignation-musk-doge-opm-education-rcna190881 164 comments
- Can anyone stop President Musk? | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/politics/605609/musk-trump-doge-takeover-crisis 144 comments
- Wrecking ball: Trump’s power-hungry orders wage war on US government | Trump administration | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-executive-order-power-grab 93 comments
- Trump Administration Offers Millions of Federal Workers Payouts to Resign - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/trump-buyouts-federal-workers.html?referringSource=articleShare&smid=nytcore-ios-share 48 comments
- IRS Employees Who Took Trump 'Buyout' Ordered to Stay, Told Their Work Is Too 'Essential' https://www.latintimes.com/irs-employees-who-took-trump-buyout-ordered-stay-told-their-work-too-essential-574822 46 comments
- The ‘Muskification’ of the federal government is in full swing | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/tech/elon-musk-government-cuts-twitter-takeover/index.html 45 comments
- The ‘Muskification’ of the federal government is in full swing | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/tech/elon-musk-government-cuts-twitter-takeover/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc 41 comments
- DOGE Staff Had Questions About the 'Resign' Email. Their New HR Chief Dodged Them | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hr-elon-musk-resignation-fork-road-leaked-staff-meeting/ 39 comments
- Elon Musk’s DOGE storms federal weather forecasters’ headquarters | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/607224/doge-musk-trump-weather-climate-noaa 34 comments
- Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/ 32 comments
- They lived through Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Now, they have advice for federal government employees | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/tech/musk-x-twitter-takeover-us-government-employee-advice/index.html 29 comments
- White House Urges Federal Workers To Quit 'Low Productivity' Jobs | HuffPost Latest News https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-deferred-resignation-federal-workers_n_679d15d9e4b0780cf8da0c39 28 comments
- Is DOGE a cybersecurity threat? A security expert explains the dangers of violating protocols and regulations that protect government computer systems https://theconversation.com/is-doge-a-cybersecurity-threat-a-security-expert-explains-the-dangers-of-violating-protocols-and-regulations-that-protect-government-computer-systems-249111 27 comments
- Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s buyout deadline for federal employees | Trump administration | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/trump-buyout-federal-workers-deadline?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 23 comments
- Trump and Musk’s “fork in the road” plan to purge the federal workforce, explained | Vox https://www.vox.com/politics/397235/musk-opm-fork-road-schedule-f 22 comments
- Trump offers federal workers eight months pay to resign https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvqe3le3z4o 20 comments