Federal workforce shutdown cuts will “most likely” exceed 10,000, Foote says

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said in an interview Wednesday on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that many of the workforce reductions, known as RIFS or reductions in force plans, were planned for as long as the shutdown lasted.

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He said court filings last week that showed at least 4,000 people being fired are “just a snapshot and I think it will go up much higher than that. We will keep these RIFS going throughout the shutdown because we believe it is important to stay on the offensive for the American taxpayers and the American people.”

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Foote also said: “We want to be as aggressive as we can be in closing down the bureaucracy. Not just the finances, but the bureaucracy, where we now have an opportunity to do that.”