US Interior Department to reduce staff through deferred resignation, early retirement

April 2 (Reuters) - The ‌U.S. Department ​of ​the Interior will offer employees new opportunities to leave the agency as ‌part of a plan to improve efficiency, ⁠it said in a statement on Thursday.

Interior will ‌offer a deferred resignation ‌program and voluntary early retirement, it said, without giving details on the number of ​employees or parts of the agency that would be targeted.

Agency officials did not immediately ⁠respond to a request for comment.

The move is aligned with ​President Donald Trump's broader effort to shrink the size of the federal government.

As ​part of the plan, ‌the agency will move more National Park Service positions to visitor-facing ⁠roles and modernize processes including permitting, it said.

"By modernizing our operations we're strengthening our ability to ⁠carry out Interior's mission and deliver world-class service for ​the American people," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in the statement.

The Interior Department manages about a fifth of ‌the land in the United States. It is responsible for energy ‌and mineral development on public lands and ⁠waters, tribal relations and ‌preservation of the ​nation's cultural heritage.

(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Chris ‌Reese)

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