Workers with the Environmental Protection Agency will be laid off by the Trump administration amid the government shutdown, according to an email received by employees in the agency’s Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division, according to The Hill.
“This notice is to inform you that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be conducting a Reduction in Force,” Steven Cook, principal deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management, said in the email.
“This action is necessary to align our workforce with the Agency’s current and future needs and to ensure the efficient and effective operation of our programs,” he added.
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