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Sifting Through: Federal Separations in 2025 and Their Implications for Knowledge Loss and Agency Capacity
Abstract
ABSTRACT The federal service experienced unprecedented turnover in the first year of the second Trump administration. Early reports have documented the substantial losses of personnel and the politicization and antagonism underlying those changes. This research breaks down separations over the past year, with a focus on the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP), to understand where turnover occurred and how it affected organizational knowledge and capacity. The analysis examines federal workforce data from January 2015 to December 2025 and reveals that the federal service lost substantial expertise and experience through both voluntary and involuntary means of separation. These results shed light on the fallout from 2025 executive actions, clarify the implications for government capacity, and point out prospective pathways for mitigating damages to the federal service moving forward.
中文
抽丝剥茧：2025年联邦政府人员离职及其对知识流失与机构能力的影响
摘要
摘要 联邦公务员队伍在第二届特朗普政府执政的第一年经历了前所未有的更替。早期报道已记录了人员的大量流失，以及这些变化背后的政治化和对立。本研究梳理了过去一年的离职情况，重点关注延迟辞职计划（DRP），以理解更替发生在何处，以及它如何影响组织知识和能力。分析考察了2015年1月至2025年12月的联邦劳动力数据，揭示联邦公务员队伍通过自愿和非自愿离职方式损失了大量专业知识和经验。这些结果有助于阐明2025年行政行动的后果，厘清其对政府能力的影响，并指出未来减轻联邦公务员队伍受损的可能路径。
关键词
联邦公务员、人员离职、延迟辞职计划、知识流失、机构能力、政府能力、特朗普政府、人力资源管理