The Interior Department planned to lay off over 2,000 employees across its bureaus and offices, but these cuts are currently paused by a federal judge's order. The department disclosed these details after the judge, Susan Illston, temporarily froze reductions in force and deemed the Trump administration's actions likely illegal. The planned layoffs, which Interior states are unrelated to the government shutdown, would significantly impact the Office of the Secretary (770 positions) and the Bureau of Land Management (474 positions), with other cuts slated for the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
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