Judge stopped Trump’s government activist procurement scheme

An American judge has temporarily stopped the plan of President Donald Trump, which offers an incentive to the federal employees to resign voluntarily before Thursday’s midnight deadline.

According to a BBC American partner CBS report, Federal Judge George George O’Tole Jr. said the scheme would be stopped till the hearing on Monday, when he can determine the features of the cases filed by the federal employee unions.

This proposal is part of the ongoing effort by the Trump administration To reduce the size of the federal government,

The White House says more than 40,000 employees have accepted the offer to resign in exchange for salary by 30 September – although some expressed confusion about the terms of the deal.

The order came before the time limit to accept the deal for federal workers before Thursday 23:59 ET (04:59 GMT Friday).

A lawyer of the Department of Justice said that the federal employees would be informed that the time limit was stopped, the CBS said.

The White House, in a statement, sees the temporary stop as a way to increase the number of resignations.

Press Secretary Karolin Lewitt said, “We are grateful to the judge for expanding the deadline so that more federal workers who refuse to show in the office, can take the administration to this very generous, once a lifetime offer. . “

An office of the Personnel Management (OPM) said that the agency will continue processing the resignation until Monday’s hearing.

The Trump administration, who had earlier said that he had expected more than 200,000 people to accept its proposal, told the US media He expected a spike in participation Beyond time limit.

“This is going to protect American people from millions of dollars,” Levitt told reporters outside the West Wing of the White House that the judge asked before stopping the program.

“If they do not want to show in the office, if they want to rip American people, they welcome to take this purchase, and we will find highly capable individuals who want to fill these roles,” she said.

The American Federation of Government Employees, a union, filed a case against the OPM, arguing that he violated the law, that he could not fund the deal, and it has conflicted conflict about its terms Was given

The Sangh had told the members in an email that the proposal was “was part of an attempt to destroy civil service and to replace unqualified political appointments and profitable, professional workforce with beneficial contractors”.

The Sangh said that the Congress has not passed a budget for funding beyond the middle of March, arguing that it was not clear whether agencies could pay workers by September.

Some federal employees had said that the purchase motion – the theme as a late night email was given with the “thorn in the road” – came as a shock. They were concerned about the unanswered questions and its validity, which piled on uncertainty for Trump’s second term already busy start.

“The vowel of the initial email” you could cut it anyway, “like,” Monet Hepapp, a medical aid specialist in American veteran cases, first told the BBC. “People were blind by it.”

Some employees thought that email was spam, as it was such a departure from specific government communication. Some departments had to verify its authenticity to employees.

Democrats have questioned the validity of the resignation package and warned that it will give birth to a “brain drain” that would “be felt by every American”.

In the House Oversite Committee, Democrats wrote, “Without expertise and institutional knowledge that so many federal employees bring their work, our government will be unable to effectively respond to national emergency situations, serving the American public, Or even operating regularly. ” A letter to President Trump.

On Tuesday, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) became the first National Security Department to expand the proposal to its employees. American intelligence officials and several MPs have expressed concern that the proposal may reduce US national security priorities.

There are also reports that the Department of Government Efficiency of Trump Administration (DOGE) is targeting the National Ocean and Atmospheric administration.

The US government agency has been tasked with weather forecasts, monitoring of conditions in the ocean and environment and managing fishing and safety for fading marine life. It runs the National Meteorological Center – in which offices are forecast in cities and states across the US and helps in forecast everything from tornadoes to storms.

Those who work for Dogi, who are under the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk, are inside the NOAA offices and employees have been asked to expect budget and staffing, sources told CBS.