CIA offers buyouts to employees as Trump aims to transform federal government
The CIA confirmed Wednesday that it offered acquisitions to employees who resigned from volunteers, the latest federal worker group to receive such a proposal as President Trump pushes for changes to the federal government.
A CIA spokesman declined to say how many people received the offer or whether they faced any decision deadline.
But the buyout offered to CIA employees differs from “forks on the road” in its expansion to other federal employees, including the voluntary early retirement bureau, namely Villa and resignation options. CBS News learned that all CIA staff will be unavailable.
According to OPM, Vera can essentially reorganize or reorganize agencies “temporarily reduce age and service requirements to increase the number of employees eligible for retirement.” It aims to encourage more people to voluntarily separate from their positions earlier and allow employees to “get instant annuities before otherwise qualifying.”
The CIA acquisition has several national security exceptions, although it is unclear who may be included. Although the CIA received agency-wide messages similar to emails sent to the Office of Personnel Management, CIA personnel are limited in eligibility and, based on task requirements for certain employees, CBS News learned. Those who engage in high priority issues may not be approved for acquisitions.
For example, some personnel with specialized skills designed for intelligence gathering, including fluency in some foreign languages, will not qualify for the acquisition.
A CIA spokesman said in a statement that the acquisition of CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s updated energy provides opportunities for leaders to emerge and better position the CIA’s Mission.” The Wall Street Journal first reported on the CIA’s resignation proposal.
The Office of Personnel Management has provided millions Federal Workers If they agree to leave their job on Thursday, they will have a salary of about eight months. The CIA and other national security agencies were initially exempted, but the CIA offers suggest that few corners of the government escaped Mr. Trump’s overhaul.
Mr. Trump has long criticized U.S. intelligence agencies, his new CIA director John Ratcliffe promised a major change, claiming that the CIA has deviated from its initial intelligence on human-caused gains. attention.
Since taking office last month, Mr. Trump has been working to the gut and reshape several federal agencies, most notably the U.S. International Development Agency, which is largely dominated by Trump and billionaire Elon. ·Elon Musk demolished, Trump is Trump’s so-called leadership administration efficiency ministry.
National security experts warn that in-depth cuts to the CIA and other agencies could put lives at risk by hindering their mission or reducing the flow of intelligence between the United States and its allies. Sen. Mark Warner, a senior Democrat in Virginia, the Senate Intelligence Committee, urged CIA employees to weigh the proposal carefully.
“There are few government agencies that are more important than the CIA to our national security,” Warner said in a statement. “Many federal employees, including at the CIA, are my voters and I have been warning that I have been warning.” They, these ‘acquisitions’ are empty promises because Congress hasn’t approved any money. People resign and then become stiff on President Trump’s construction projects like contractors.”
Although the exact numbers have been classified, the CIA has hired thousands of people in Virginia headquarters as well as posts overseas.
Ratcliffe told the Senate Intelligence Committee in January that the CIA must do better in leveraging technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, while also expanding the agency’s use of human intelligence gathering.
When the Senator considered his nomination, Ratcliffe said: “We are not the place we should be.”
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