Lisa Desjardins:
We have learned of two today. One, there will be another e-mail asking federal workers, basically, what did you do last week?
This is a memorandum that went out to the Department of Defense that I obtained today saying that, on Monday, workers will get an e-mail saying, within 48 hours, they must respond next week on what they did this week. You may remember, we reported there was mass confusion the last time this happened. It’s not clear if this e-mail will lead to firings for people who don’t return it, but that is happening next week.
The other thing, the Department of Education, an agency that President Trump has said he wants to shut down, they sent out something interesting, an actual buyout offer today, offering employees $25,000, up to that amount, to leave their jobs. They warned, if they don’t, there will be mass firing soon.
They also — if you read the fine print here though, they said if you take this offer, you cannot work for the federal government for five years. And one worker who would otherwise consider it said it just looks sketchy to them and they’re trying to take it in.
