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This comes as nonprofit contractors lose federal funding.
For the most part, the Trump administration has signaled that the federal downsizing is to address wasteful spending, but the firings have been criticized as rushed and careless.
Most of the job slashing has been overseen by the newly created Department of Government Efficiency and its appointed head, Elon Musk, the X and Tesla CEO. On Saturday, February 22, Musk sent a mass email to federal employees demanding they justify why they should keep their jobs by the end of today, February 24. For the most part, the Trump administration has signaled that the federal downsizing is to address wasteful spending, but the firings have been criticized as rushed and careless.
On February 13, probationary federal employees started finding out they were among the latest to be fired after Trump signed an executive order on February 11 directing DOGE
Colorado Employees Cut Without Severance On February 13, probationary federal employees started finding out they were among the latest to be fired after Trump signed an executive order on February 11 directing DOGE to begin the
