Federal employees were paid nearly $7 billion not to work under DOGE effort: GAO
17-09-2026 12:33 via kxan.com

Federal employees were paid nearly $7 billion not to work under DOGE effort: GAO

The study shows remarkable jumps in every metric used to assess paid leave. Salary costs attributable to paid leave jumped sixfold between 2023 and 2025.
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