DOGE going at it with firing over a thousand employees from various DOE offices, including the NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
President Donald Trump's administration has laid off between 1,200 and 2,000 employees at the Department of Energy (DOE), including staff from the nuclear security administration and the loans office, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.
Democratic lawmakers confirmed to the outlet that the layoffs also impact workers at national laboratories, hydroelectric plants and Cold War-era nuclear sites.
The DOE employs approximately 14,000 federal workers and oversees 95,000 contractors across various energy and security sectors.
According to two sources, the layoffs followed the arrival of three representatives from billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the agency.
One source revealed that approximately 325 employees have been dismissed from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which oversees the U.S. nuclear weapons fleet and works to secure radiological materials worldwide.