Overview

• The Supreme Court’s July 17 ruling removed a federal injunction and allowed Secretary Rubio’s plan to proceed with a 15 percent Washington staff reduction.
• A total of 1,353 positions were eliminated in the largest departmental downsizing in decades.
• The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons was reduced to about 35 employees when half of its full-time civil and foreign service staff received layoff notices.
• Short-tenured staff made up most of the cuts, leaving just six of 24 employees responsible for the congressionally mandated report in place.
• A State Department spokesperson said the reorganization stripped outdated or duplicative bureaus and modernized diplomatic operations.