The Interior Department plans to conduct another round of buyouts and early retirement offers as part of a “strategic initiative” announced Thursday.
The department that manages millions of acres of U.S. public land, as well as permitting for energy development and other projects, said that it will be “offering another Deferred Resignation Program as well as another opportunity for Voluntary Early Retirement.”
Interior said in a news release that the changes were part of delivering on President Donald Trump’s “commitment to strengthening federal performance and delivering clear value for our citizens.”
The incentives to leave will be on offer from Thursday until April 12 and will “not be extended,” according to details of the plans obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News. Neither program is available to employees hired over the last year, and a range of employees are exempted, including most positions in fire, emergency response, law enforcement, dispatch and cybersecurity.
