Ankara: Roughly 75,000 US federal workers have accepted the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" offer as of late Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management. The program is part of a broader plan by President Donald Trump to restructure the federal workforce and reduce government spending.

According to Anadolu Agency, the attrition rate for the federal workforce was 5.9% in fiscal year 2023, as reported by the Partnership for Public Service. Earlier in the day, US District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. allowed the resignation offer to proceed, overturning his previous order that had temporarily halted it. Judge O'Toole ruled that the unions, which had sued to stop the offer, lacked the necessary legal standing to bring the case.

The deferred resignations are a component of President Trump's strategy to curtail wasteful and unnecessary government expenditures. This initiative falls under the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is headed by Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk. The White House anticipates that the program will save US taxpayers $100 billion annually.