A GAO report estimated $6.7 billion in paid leave costs tied to the administration’s federal-worker buyouts. Reps. Don Beyer and Suhas Subramanyam criticized the program’s costs and effects, while the administration argued the buyouts would produce long-term savings.
President whose administration carried out and defended the buyout program.
ALSO MENTIONED Andrew Huddleston, American Federation of Government Employees advocacy director questioning whether the administration accounted for work left undone or reassigned.; Elon Musk, DOGE leader who launched the buyouts.; Scott Kupor, Office of Personnel Management director defending the buyouts’ costs.
President whose administration carried out and defended the buyout program.
ALSO MENTIONED Andrew Huddleston, American Federation of Government Employees advocacy director questioning whether the administration accounted for work left undone or reassigned.; Elon Musk, DOGE leader who launched the buyouts.; Scott Kupor, Office of Personnel Management director defending the buyouts’ costs.
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