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• Agencies ready to move quickly on RIFs if court block falls - June 9, 2025

• Across government, behind-the-scenes preparations for layoffs have taken place or are ongoing.

  Eric Katz, Government Executive

  Agencies across government have made preparations to quickly implement layoffs if a court order blocking them is lifted, leaving thousands of civil servants on the verge of losing their jobs should upcoming rulings go in favor of the Trump administration.

  Much of the work required for implementing reductions in force has already taken place or is ongoing, according to 10 current federal employees and internal documents obtained by Government Executive, well positioning many agencies to swiftly deliver notices to broad swaths of their workforces. They remain enjoined from doing so following multiple court orders, but the Trump administration is now seeking relief before a potentially friendlier Supreme Court. 

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