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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort

Sep 15, 2026, 09:21 PM· 47 minutes ago· Original: EN
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort

As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.

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