WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's new tool for reshaping the federal government is a relatively obscure agency, the Office of Personnel Management.

The new Trump administration’s effort to both get a grip on and dismantle the federal workforce has also been a dystopian farce.

Employees have until Feb. 6 to decide whether to take the buyouts offered by OPM or return to the office— in most cases, five days a week.

Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting questions about its legality.

The Trump administration released guidance on the classification formerly known as Schedule F, calling for redetermination of policy-influencing positions.

The Trump administration OPM and OMB offices went on a memo blitz on Monday, including directing agency leaders to pause federal grants and to deliver return to office plans.

The Trump administration is offering buyouts to all federal employees who don't want to return to in-person work in one of its latest moves — a little over a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating federal workers' return to the office.

The Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government by offering what amounts to a buyout to federal employees is raising questions about its implementation and legality. The offer

Agencies have until April 20 to recommend federal employee positions to be converted into the new “Policy/Career” classification, according to an OPM memo.

The Trump administration is offering buyouts to federal workers. Read the memo the Office of Personnel Management posted for employees.

Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office are being offered buyouts, according to a memo posted to the US Office of Personnel Management’s website Tuesday night.

The government’s human resources agency also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsizing.