Education Department staff warned that Trump buyout offers could be canceled at any time

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Many who came into federal service after having worked in private industry

are probably familiar with this type of thing and *assume* that this is how the government does it too.

But it DOESN'T apply to the federal government UNLESS THERE IS AN AUTHORIZING LAW by Congress, and there isn't one.

I expect they may attempt try to get Congress to do some kind of "retroactive" thing now that they have been outed, but Congress has too much on their plate with the GOP in-fighting over how to extend those tax cuts for the rich.

I posted upthread what such a law would look like based on what was done back in 1994 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3390588