FEMA Job Uncertainty Grows After Mandate for Massive Workforce Cuts

FEMA leaders were told to prepare for a 50 percent staff reduction after internal emails detailed plans to cut over 11,500 jobs by October.The instructions, issued via a December 23 planning exercise, required officials to identify essential roles and those that could be eliminated.The proposal follows broader DHS plans for agency downsizing under Donald Trump, although a spokesperson claimed the specific target was an error.