A supervisor in a government agency now run by allies of billionaire Elon Musk told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after Thursday’s deadline to accept the deferred resignation offer,

(Reuters) - Layoffs of federal workers would be "likely" if too few employees quit under the White House's deferred resignation program, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a memo from a General Services Administration official.

More than 20,000 federal employees have informed the U.S. government they are willing to quit their posts under an incentive program that has a Thursday deadline, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.