Ammon News - The Trump administration said on Tuesday it is offering financial incentives to 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to quit as part of plans to drastically shrink the size of the U.S. government.

The "deferred resignation program" would allow federal employees to remain on the payroll through Sept. 30 but without having to work in person and possibly having their duties reduced or eliminated in the meantime, according to an email sent to federal employees and seen by Reuters.

The email gives federal employees until Feb. 6 to decide whether to take part. It instructed interested employees to reply to the email from a government account and type the word "resign." The offer covers civilian employees except those in immigration and national security-related positions and people working for the U.S. Postal Service.

The unprecedented move comes as Republican President Donald Trump has used his early days in office to shrink, purge and remake the U.S. federal government to conform to his political priorities. Reuters