Federal agencies offered new insight this week into how their staffs have dramatically shrunk in the second Trump administration.
Ahead of the Tuesday night expiration of funding authorized by Congress, executive branch agencies published detailed shutdown plans, including information on how many employees remain at individual bureaus.
The shutdown plans show that EPA has shrunk about 10 percent, the Energy Department nearly 13 percent and the Interior Department 14 percent compared to September 2024 federal employee data.
That information sheds new light on a federal government that has seen more than an estimated 201,000 civilian workers leave its ranks, according to data compiled by the Partnership for Public Service since President Donald Trump returned to office in January.
