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are making a new round of offers for workers to leave their jobs, using the same Deferred Resignation Program that prompted more than 77,000 federal employees to voluntarily leave earlier this year.

The staffers put on paid leave are employees of the agency’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which investigates federal contractors to ensure they comply with nondiscrimination laws.