The US judge temporarily suspended President Donald Trump’s plan to provide incentives for federal workers to voluntarily resign before the deadline in midnight on Thursday.
Federal Judge George Outol Junior said that the plan will stop temporarily until Monday hearing when he can determine the advantages of the lawsuit filed by federal employee unions, according to CBS reports, the American partner in the BBC.
The offer is part of an ongoing effort by the Trump administration To reduce the size of the federal government.
The White House says more than 40,000 employees accepted the offer to resign for the payment until September 30 – although some confusion about the terms of the deal.
The matter came hours before Thursday 23:59 EST (04:59 GMT on Friday) the deadline for federal workers to accept the deal.
A lawyer of the Ministry of Justice said that federal employees will be notified that the deadline has been temporarily suspended.
In a statement, the White House seemed to see temporary stopping as a way to increase the number of resignations.
“We are grateful to the judge to extend the deadline so that more federal workers who refuse to appear to the office can raise the administration in this generous offer, once in a lifetime,” said press secretary Caroline Levitte.
The official of the Personnel Affairs Office (OPM) said that the agency will continue to address the resignations until Monday’s session.
The Trump administration, who previously said it was hoping to accept up to 200,000 people, was the American media They expected a rise in participation Immediately before the deadline.
“This will rescue an American people from millions of dollars,” Levitte told reporters outside the western wing of the White House before the judge stopped the program.
“If they do not want to appear to the office, and if they want to displace the American people, they will be welcomed to seize this acquisition, and we will find very qualified individuals who want to fill these roles,” she said.
The American Federation of Government Employees, a union, filed the lawsuit against OPM, on the pretext that it violated the law, that he could not finance the deal, and that it has given conflicting instructions on its conditions.
Al -Ittihad said in an e -mail to members that the offer was part of “an effort to dismantle civil service and replace the professional and professional workforce with unqualified political appointed and contractors for profit.”
The Union indicated that Congress did not pass a budget for financing after mid -March, on the pretext that it is unclear whether agencies could pay workers until September.
Some federal employees said that the acquisition proposal – which was delivered in the form of an e -mail late at night with the topic line “a thorn on the road” – was a shock. They are concerned about the questions that were not answered and their law, which accumulated on uncertainty at a truly feverish start to separate Trump II.
“The first email tone like” you may be cut in any case. “People had pursued it.”
Some employees thought that the email was unwanted, as this exit was from the typical government communications. Some departments had to verify their health staff.
Democrats questioned the legitimacy of the resignation package and warned that it would lead to a “brain migration” that every American will feel.
“Without experience and institutional knowledge that many federal employees bring their work, our government will be unable to respond effectively in national emergency situations, service of the American public, or even routine operations,” the Democrats on the House of Representatives Supervisors of the House of Representatives wrote. . A message to President Trump.
On Tuesday, the CIA became the first national security administration to extend the offer to its employees. Former American intelligence officials and many legislators raised fears that this offer may undermine US national security priorities.
There are also reports that government efficiency management in the Trump Administration (DOGE) is targeting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The US government agency has been assigned to predict the weather, monitor conditions in the ocean, and the Hunting and Protection Department of endangered marine life. The National weather center – which expects offices in cities and states throughout the United States and helps to predict everything from hurricanes to hurricanes.
Those who work for Duji, led by billionaire Elon Musk, were inside the Noaa offices and it was said that employees expect budget and employment discounts.
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