As the White House's buyout offer is now allowed to proceed, a look at the precedent it seemed to have leaned on for coming up with the idea
As the White House's buyout offer is now allowed to proceed, a look at the precedent it seemed to have leaned on for coming up with the idea  
Podcast: Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Published On: Fri Feb 14 2025
Description: Whether you took the deferred resignation offer from the White House or not, everyone is paying attention to its implementation. In an attempt to provide a softer and easier way to reduce the federal workforce, this is not necessarily a new idea for doing so, it's just never been attempted on this scale before. To get some more background on it we welcome back to the program Elaine Kamarck, Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices