September 15, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure

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GAO Finds DOGE's Deferred-Resignation Program Cost $9.5 Billion in Paid Leave

A Government Accountability Office report found the federal government paid more than $9.5 billion in 2025 to employees on paid administrative leave under DOGE's deferred-resignation program -- a 435% increase in such...

January 28, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure

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'Fork in the Road' Pressures the Federal Workforce to Resign

On January 28, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management offered federal employees continued pay through September if they agreed to resign by an early-February deadline, under a program that became known as "Fork in the...