WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling for a sweeping overhaul of the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce, launching a plan he says is essential to building a leaner ...

The Department of Defense is launching a deferred resignation program and early retirement initiative aimed at trimming the size of the civilian workforce, the agency said over the weekend.

March 29 (UPI) --U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum to reduce the Pentagon's civilian workforce by an undisclosed amount and to reorganize the government's largest agency.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed a memorandum aimed at shrinking the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce. This was disclosed in a memo released on Friday. According to the ...