The program, which Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk called “Fork in the Road,” attracted about 3% of the 2.4 million civilian federal employees, below the administration’s 5% to 10% target, according to Bloomberg . The initiative allows workers to leave in February while remaining on the federal payroll through September.

In Blue Ash on Wednesday, Cincinnati-based federal workers said the cuts will reduce critical services to Americans. "Today, federal employees are standing up and fighting back to tell Musk and his cronies they must not dismantle systems we have in place that benefit the American public,