DOE Loan Programs Office poised to lose nearly 60% of staff amid DOGE cuts

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The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office is poised to lose more than half of its current staff, as nearly 60% of its workforce has sought to opt into the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, or DRP, the Washington Examiner has learned. 

The cuts come one week after it was revealed the department extended its “fork in the road” buyout, first offered to federal employees in February. 

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