Facing possible budget cuts, the Government Accountability Office is looking to shed some of its staff.
The watchdog office — an independent agency that answers to Congress — is offering buyout and early retirement incentives to its employees “to manage budget uncertainty,” GAO spokesperson Sarah Kaczmarek said Thursday in a statement.
GAO expects that up to 300 employees may be approved for buyouts or early retirements, Kaczmarek said, but that number could change.
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The buyout offers were first reported Thursday by Punchbowl News. That outlet previously reported that the head of GAO, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, had warned a House lawmaker in a June letter that proposed budget cuts to GAO would require the agency to slash its staff.
