Those who opted to leave would be paid through the end of September. The move appeared to stretch the limits of President Trump’s authority.

Here’s what we know about the deferred resignation program offered to federal employees by the Trump administration.

President Trump announced Tuesday that federal workers can accept a buyout to resign. How many government employees are in Connecticut?

If you’re a federal worker and wondering whether to send that resignation email, here’s my advice: Don’t. From a personal finance standpoint, the Trump administration’s proffer to civil service employees is disruptive and disrespectful.

President Donald Trump is offering incentives to resign to nearly all federal workers in an attempt to reduce the size of the government. The administration expects 5% to 10% of the federal workforce to accept the offer, which contains eight months of pay and benefits. The White House confirmed the plan to the Washington Examiner.

Thousands of federal workers feel caught in limbo after the White House offer to buy out employees if they agree by Feb. 6.

It's less a buyout and more of a "deferred resignation" and federal workers aren't happy about it.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.