During 2025, more than 348,000 federal employees quit, retired, were laid off or otherwise left their jobs. The losses affected a broad swath of the federal workforce, but seem to have disproportionately affected younger and less experienced employees. We take a look back with some data analysis from Drew DeSilver, a senior writer at Pew Research Center.

And after those major reductions under the Trump administration, the federal workforce is at a 15-year staffing low. But now, some agencies are reversing course and talking again about expanding recruitment opportunities. Jenny Mattingley, vice president of government affairs at the Partnership for Public Service, gives us a look at what comes next.

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