Some of the 75,000 U.S. federal workers who the Office of Personnel Management says accepted a resignation buyout offer were ready to retire anyway. Others were motivated by looming federal workforce cuts or an order to return to the office.

Nearly 80,000 federal workers have taken Donald Trump's buyout offer, and while that number represents a small percentage of the more than 3 million workers on the federal payroll, the buyout could impact New Jersey's federal workforce.

A federal judge lifted a previous order pausing the program Wednesday. Soon afterward, the Office of Personnel Management announced the program was closed.

The order reinstates the program that offered federal workers eight months of pay and benefits if they voluntarily resigned.

Well, this has been an interesting few weeks for people in my profession. Let’s review: return-to-work orders from any variety of employers, the very public firings of government officials and

A federal judge declined to further pause Trump’s buyout program deadline, rejecting a call from several labor groups suing to block the program.

Federal workers are looking for the next move after being impacted by President Donald Trump's buyout offers. The number amounts to less than 4% of the federal workforce, short of the White House's goal of 5% to 10%.