Staff at the DoED received a notice Tues instructing them to leave the bldg by 6 PM & informing them that all dept offices in DC +regional offices, will be closed Wed.
Email, from J Hairfield of the Office of Sec, Facs & Logis, said the offices will be closed "for security reasons."
Staff with approved telework AGTs were told they can work from home Wed. The email instructed employees to bring their laptops home...
It's a difficult time. Please #Resist.
#USPol #ED https://www.cbsnews.com/news/education-department-staff-offices-closed/
"Per person familiar, "reduction in force" notices for the Education Department are expected to go out today at 6pm.
Nearly half of the department is expected to beeliminated.
This obviously comes as Education Department staffers have been told to vacate the premises by 6pm today, and that offices will be closed tomorrow."
-S Talcott