HHS oversees ... The Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Authority, also known as the buyout authority, allows agencies that are downsizing or restructuring to offer employees lump-sum payments ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered its 80,000 employees a $25,000 buyout offer as part of President ..

Experts have warned that cuts at HHS ... Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Authority, also known as the buyout authority, allows agencies that are downsizing or restructuring to offer ...

Workers cannot start opting in until Monday and have until 5 p.m. on Friday to submit a response for the so-called voluntary separation offer ... population of HHS employees," landing in their ...

on top of the nearly 10,000 who have already left the agency in the last few months through buyout offers or early retirements. That puts the total employees at around 62,000 people -- down from ...