NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

The report details an NSA-wide offer of a “deferred resignation” program and voluntary early retirement authorization, requiring decisions by February 6, with eligibility and approvals subject to national security needs. Positioned within a broader Trump administration push to shrink the federal workforce, the initiative may extend to CIA and ODNI, and the article also references longstanding debates over splitting NSA and U.S. Cyber Command’s dual-hat leadership.