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Erich Wagner, Government Executive, March 5, 2025
"These Agriculture Department employees must be allowed back to their jobs for 45 days, as the Office of Special Counsel continues to investigate the Trump administration’s purge of recently hired, promoted or transferred federal employees.
The Merit Systems Protection Board on Wednesday ordered the reinstatement of between 5,600 and 5,900 Agriculture Department workers who were fired as part of the Trump administration’s governmentwide purge of recently hired, promoted or transferred federal employees."