The termination notices sent by the Cost Reduction Team of billionaire Elon Musk to the staff of the International Development Agency (USAID) (USAID) were so plagued with errors that corrected versions are issued to avoid affecting pensions and payment, according to five sources familiar with the problem.
The Government Efficiency Department (Doge) “did this so fast that they ruined many things,” said an American official, who requested anonymity, as well as all those who spoke Reuters.
The State Department, which assumes that some of the functions of USAID under the Trump administration plan to reduce the foreign aid of the United States, did not immediately respond to comments requests.
USAID Human Resources staff, most of whom have been paid administrative license and facial termination, have been returned to the office to send precise notices, said the US official and a person familiar with the matter.
“My letter was completely wrong,” said a USAID worker Reuters under condition of anonymity. “The only correct thing was my name.”
It is not the first time that the inaccurate termination notices have overturned the life of USAID workers since the president of the United States, Donald Trump and Musk, began in February to dismember the main conduit of foreign aid in the United States.
A first round established on April 21 as the final employment day for most staff members and May 30 for those used to help close the agency. These dates were restored to July 1 or September 2 in the notices sent to some 3,500 USAID workers last Friday, two sources and workers said.
Other errors included inaccurate dates, service lengths and salaries, according to the person familiar with the matter, the US official, two former USAID officials, an assistant to Congress and four workers who received notices.
Unless they are fixed, these errors could lead to reduced or canceled pensions or an inaccurate separation salary, the sources said.
Several of the sources pointed out the retirement website of the United States personnel management office, which says that the annual federal workers’ annuity is based on its extent of service and three higher average annual salaries.
Reuters I could not learn how many USAID staff members received defective notices last Friday.
Some employees received three inaccurate notices.
Several workers said Reuters That they and other colleagues received a third termination letter on Monday night that still contains inaccurate information about promotions, possession and other data.
A worker said that the total federal service that appears on his notice on Friday was short in three years and six years in the notice they received on Monday.
“I actually have a federal service dating from June 2008,” said the worker. “There seems to be any logic in the Rif process (force reduction).”
“We have people who have served for 25 years and their notices show that they served only for three,” said the United States official. “It affects its compensation. It affects its future ability to retire.”
Trump assigned to Musk, an important taxpayer to his 2024 electoral campaign whose companies have federal contracts worth billions of dollars, and jug to discover waste and fraud throughout the United States government.
According to its website, the only official window in its operations, Dege estimates that it has saved US taxpayers $ 140 billion to April 2 through a series of shares, including massive workforce cuts, assets of assets and contract cancellations.
Its total savings is not verifiable and its calculations have contained errors and corrections. Musk has said that Dege will correct mistakes when he finds them.
Since February, the majority of USAID personnel have been put on administrative license, hundreds of contractors have been dismissed and more than 5,000 rescued programs, which interrupted the global humanitarian aid operations in which millions depend.
Some termination notices sent on Friday to the USAID staff did not account for applications to give up the end date of July 1, including overseas personnel whose children would still be in school, according to three sources.
Others had requested exemptions because they needed more time to pack their homes and move to the United States, sources said.
“Some people have the incorrect dates. Others have incorrect information,” said the person with knowledge of the matter, adding that people gave the incorrect termination date “cannot return home” unless their notices are re -issued the right date.
The person said that the mistakes full of errors were sent under the supervision of the interim administrators of the USAID, Jeremy Lewin, a pixie, and Kenneth Jackson, who have supervised the dismantling of the agency.
They report Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who Trump took advantage of the USAID administrator.
Musk to stay as an advisor: Vance
Musk will remain a friend and advisor to President Trump and vice president JD Vance, even after leaving his role with Doge, Vance said in an interview with Fox News Thursday.
Political and alphabet On Wednesday, Trump had told the members of his cabinet that Musk will soon leave and return to the private sector, although it was not clear if Musk would leave before his 130 -day term, since a special government employee expires at the end of May.
“Doge has a lot of work to do, and yes, that work will continue after Elon leaves. But fundamentally, Elon will continue to be a friend and advisor to me and the president,” he said.
