DALLAS — Following the announcement that the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) was laying off 50% of its workforce, Spectrum News has confirmed the regional Dallas office was closed and all employees in that office were effectively laid off.
This is due to the reduction in force plan introduced by President Donald Trump’s administration in late February. On Tuesday, officials announced plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its more than 4,000 DOE employees.
In a memo sent to employees on Tuesday, the department said its Washington headquarters and regional offices would be closed Wednesday and reopen Thursday for “security reasons.”…