Agencies lost around 20,000 tech workers last year — and now the Trump admin is hiring

Over 19,500 technology, data and telecommunications employees left their jobs with the federal government last year after President Donald Trump took office and began a crusade to shrink the government’s workforce, according to newly released government data.

Now, it appears that the administration is trying to make up for the losses. 

All six departments and agencies with the biggest losses of IT management employees — the departments of Defense, Treasury, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, as well as the General Services Administration — currently have IT jobs listed on the government’s hiring website, USAJobs.

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