Overview

• The Supreme Court lifted a nationwide injunction on July 8, enabling reductions in force at roughly 17 agencies to proceed immediately
• The State Department has issued layoff notices to more than 1,300 staff, including 1,107 civil servants and 246 domestic Foreign Service officers
• Health and Human Services plans to cut approximately 10,000 positions from its 82,000-employee payroll as part of the administration’s efficiency initiative
• A joint memo from the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management directs agencies to seek waivers reducing employee notice periods from 60 days to 30 days
• Lower courts are still reviewing the Trump administration’s authority to order mass federal layoffs, leaving the ultimate scope and legality of the cuts unresolved