US Education Department offices to be closed on Wednesday for 'security reasons'
President Donald Trump's administration is closing all U.S. Department of Education offices in the Washington area from Tuesday evening through Wednesday for "security reasons", according to an internal announcement seen by Reuters.
Department of Education fires more than 1,300 employees, closes offices for ‘security reasons’ Wednesday
More than 1,300 Department of Education staffers were terminated by the Trump administration on Tuesday after all employees received an ominous notice instructing them to stay home from work. “Today we are beginning the process to cut the total number of staff at the Department of Education roughly in half,
Department of Education offices closed for "security reasons" after major job cuts announced
Offices at the Department of Education are closed Wednesday for "security reasons" after the announcement that nearly half the department's staff would lose their jobs. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
Department of Education offices to temporarily close until Thursday
All Department of Education offices will be closed Tuesday evening and Wednesday for unspecified “security reasons,” according to a memo sent to all employees and obtained by CNN.
Department of Education staff told offices will be closed Wednesday
Washington — Staff at the Department of Education received a notice Tuesday instructing them to leave the building by 6 p.m. local time and informing them that all department offices in Washington, D.C., as well as regional offices, will be closed Wednesday, according to an email obtained by CBS News.
Department of Education lays off nearly 50% of its workforce
The Department of Education initiated mass layoffs on Tuesday night, reducing its workforce by nearly 50%, sources told ABC News. The "reduction in force" notices began to go out at about 6 p.m.
Amid Education Department Layoffs, Trump Says Many of the Fired Workers ‘Don’t Work at All’
A day after the Department of Education made deep cuts expected to gut the agency, Trump said many of them weren't doing much work anyway.
Trump cuts Education Department in half after laying off 1,300 workers
Roughly 1,300 Education Department staffers received layoff notices Tuesday, a Trump administration official said.
Federal education department office in Philadelphia is among seven to be shut nationally
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in Philadelphia is one of seven such offices to be shut down nationally as part of the sweeping cutbacks and layoffs being carried out in the department this week,
Lease to end at SF education department office amid mass layoffs
U.S. Department of Education employees in San Francisco and nationwide have been told to stay home Wednesday, with access forbidden. The only reason given for the closures was unspecified "security reasons.
Department of Education closes Dallas office, lays off employees
The Department of Education said impacted employees will be placed on administration leave beginning March 21. Impacted employees will receive full pay and benefits until June 9.
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
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