by Katherine Hamilton
Breitbart.com
The Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it is reducing its workforce by half in an effort to streamline the department and cut down on unnecessary bureaucracy.
More than 1,300 federal employees received an email at 6:00 p.m. ET letting them know they are apart of the Department of Education’s “reduction in force” (RIF) process, according to senior department officials. The cuts come after 259 workers signed up for a deferred resignation program and 313 accepted a voluntary separation incentive payment, which was $25,000 for those who resigned by last Monday. More than 60 probationary employees were also terminated in February.