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State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff as part of reorganization
The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...
Veteran U.S. diplomats baffled after mass layoffs at State Department
More than 1,300 employees were forced out of the State Department on Friday, taking with them decades of specialized skills ...
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration ...
State Department layoffs set to take place 'soon' per internal memo
Employees of the U.S. State Department could receive a layoff notice via email very soon as part of the Trump ...
State Department layoffs: Diplomats brace for mass firings after months in limbo
A rally is expected, with supporters “clapping out” departing State Department employees and protesting the layoffs at 4 p.m.
US State Department tells staff planned layoffs to begin soon
The State Department will start sending notices to members of its workforce impacted by the reorganization soon, the agency's ...
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State Department lays off 1,350 employees
The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy ...
State Department Lays Off 1,300 Employees in Sweeping Reorganization
Administration officials say the plan will cut down on unwieldy bureaucracy and modernize the agency.
Show of support outside the US State Department as mass layoffs begin
Some laid off employees were seen carrying boxes out of the U.S. State Department as supporters bid them farewell with ...
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US State Department will begin planned layoffs soon - USA TODAY
State Department tells staff planned layoffs to begin soon President Donald Trump's administration plans to overhaul the U.S. diplomatic corps and cut jobs, an official said.