The D.C. government will offer thousands of employees a paid incentive to retire now as the District moves to transition out some its oldest staffers with new blood, Mayor Adrian Fenty announced Monday.

Roughly 5,127 retirement-eligible employees could take advantage of the so-called “Early Out/Easy Out” program. Nearly one in six District employees is eligible to retire today and another 20 percent will be eligible in the next five years.

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