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Retirement push: Office workers passing by the Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. The White House has estimated that between 5% and 10% of the federal workforce would take the offer. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration’s offer to pay federal employees through the end of September if they agree to leave by the end of February has attracted more than 40,000 sign-ups as of Wednesday – about 2% of the federal civilian workforce.

An Office of Personnel Management (OPM) official familiar with the deferred retirement data said that number was growing, and the administration expected a rush of applications in the final 24 hours.