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US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration ’s attempts to shrink the…
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A GAO report found that paid administrative leave for federal employees surged 435 percent between 2023 and 2025, driving a sixfold increase in costs. In 2025 the U.S.
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