Trump signed an executive order to implement DOGE initiatives to shrink the U.S. government

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the implementation of initiatives of the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE), including reducing the size of government. The corresponding document was published on February 11 on the White House website.

According to the document, agency heads will coordinate and consult with DOGE to reduce the size of the federal workforce and limit hiring for key positions.

"Each agency head must develop a data-driven plan, in conjunction with the DOGE team leader, to ensure that new staffing assignments are made in areas of greatest need," the executive order reads.

In doing so, agencies will be able to hire no more than one employee in place of every four employees who leave federal service (with appropriate exceptions for immigration, law enforcement and public safety).

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Earlier on February 6, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the Trump administration intends to lay off thousands of employees at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC. It is reported that the White House is preparing an executive order, because of which the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and several other agencies under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will have to reduce their staff.

On the same day, more than 60 thousand federal officials of America have already accepted the proposal of US President Trump on voluntary dismissal with payment of benefits, despite the deadline. At the same time it became known that the court in the United States temporarily blocked Trump's initiative on layoffs with compensation.

On January 30, CBS News reported that the Trump administration has demanded that some high-ranking members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submit their resignations or retire. If the demand is not met, the officials will be forcibly fired.

Before that, on January 28, it was reported that the US Department of Justice fired more than a dozen employees involved in cases against US President Donald Trump. The firing of employees who worked on the team of special prosecutor Jack Smith is in line with the administration's "determination to purge the government of employees it considers disloyal to the president."