US. More than 1,200 positions targeted for early retirement, buyouts at EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to cut 8 percent of its workforce by early September through early retirement and buyouts.

In memo of Acting EPA Deputy Administrator Michael Flynn, and obtained by Federal News Radio, he said the agency plans submitting its agency-wide VERA/VSIP proposal to the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget for approval later this month, with more information about which positions will be included in the program of July.

Officials from the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents EPA employees, said the maximum number of offers under the agency’s VERA/VSIP proposal is 1,228 employees agency-wide.

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