Trump buyouts drive brain drain at federal agencies

Federal workers who once held energy and environment positions protecting national parks and public health or trying to bolster the electric grid to avoid disasters are heading for the exit as President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the government accelerates.

Scores of staffers who’ve recently left jobs at the Interior, Agriculture and Energy departments, as well as EPA, are landing on social networking platforms like LinkedIn, embracing the hashtag #OpenToWork to pitch themselves for new careers.

While Trump administration officials have applauded the staff downsizing as a much-needed curtailing of federal bloat, former and current employees say the overhaul is driving a historic loss of institutional knowledge. 

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