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Federal employees were paid nearly $7 billion not to work under DOGE effort: GAO

The study shows remarkable jumps in every metric used to assess paid leave. Salary costs attributable to paid leave jumped sixfold between 2023 and 2025.

17 September 2026Live

Sources

KXAN Austin. https://www.kxan.com/news/federal-employees-were-paid-nearly-7-billion-not-to-work-under-doge-effort-gao/

The study shows remarkable jumps in every metric used to assess paid leave. Salary costs attributable to paid leave jumped sixfold between 2023 and 2025.

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