Transportation Department Plans to Cut Workforce at End of May

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told employees in a town hall Friday that he’s planning to reduce the department’s workforce at the end of this month.

“We’re trying to make the department more efficient,” he said according to a recording of the session viewed by Bloomberg. “I’ve been given that directive by the president.”

There have been two buyouts, or deferred resignation offers, extended to Transportation Department employees since President Donald Trump took office that would allow workers to voluntarily resign but continue getting paid through the end of September.

Government agencies across the board are under a directive from Elon ...