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Government Executive, Workforce, Eric Katz, Senior Correspondent, March 14, 2025
The Commerce Department is seeking to slash its workforce by 20%, though it is proposing it get to that level of cuts without laying off any employees.
If implemented, the proposal would reduce Commerce’s headcount by nearly 10,000 employees. The department is using its staffing level on the day President Trump took office as its baseline, meaning all those who have left voluntarily or involuntarily since then would count toward the reductions. Commerce formally submitted its proposal to the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management on Thursday, according to an official familiar with the process.