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• Some agencies begin purges of recent hires even as OPM directs federal offices to pump the brakes - February 13, 2025

• Going forward, agencies are told to prioritize low performing probationers for firing. Some have already taken a different approach.

  Eric Katz, Government Executive

  At least two federal agencies have dismissed some or all of their recent hires this week, though the Trump administration has otherwise instructed heads of government offices not to plan similar mass firings for those workers.

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent termination notices on Tuesday to all staff still in their probationary periods, an Office of Management and Budget spokesperson confirmed, marking the latest step in the administration’s push to shutter the agency. Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought, who is also leading OMB, previously instructed employees at the bureau to cease their work activities as members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are spearheading an effort to unwind its authorities.

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