In a purported move to align with Trump’s agenda, the Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire staff earlier this week.

The CIA is reportedly the first intelligence agency to offer its workforce eight months of pay and benefits if they relinquish their role. The news comes in the wake of the Trump administration’s buyout offer to millions of federal employees.

Not all federal government employees were given President Trump’s buyout offer. Certain categories of jobs were excluded, like those with a national security focus. Despite the CIA being exempt from the initial buyout offer, the Agency’s director, John Ratcliffe, volunteered to include the organization in the government-slimming initiative.

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On January 30, Ratcliffe contacted the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s human resources department, requesting a process enabling the CIA to email its staff with the same buyout opportunity. However, Ratcliffe also asked to retain the ability to amend departure times for critical positions at the Agency.

“Director Ratcliffe is moving swiftly to ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the Administration’s national security priorities… These moves are part of a holistic strategy to infuse the Agency with renewed energy, provide opportunities for rising leaders to emerge, and better position the CIA to deliver on its mission,” a spokesperson for the CIA told Fox.

Earlier this week, The Dallas Express reported that over 20,000 federal workers have accepted Trump’s buyout offer. These individuals will be placed on administrative leave with pay and no required duties until September 30.

The remaining federal workers have until February 6 to decide whether to participate in the program.

The Trump administration said the buyout program could save the federal government around $100 billion, with around 10%, or 200,000 workers, forecasted to take the offer.

The move is consistent with Trump’s campaign promises to slash bloated federal spending, like the $5 billion in taxpayer money spent each year leasing government buildings, despite just 6% of employees working full-time in the office.