USDA chief says agency is trying to fill key jobs after paying 15,000 to leave

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USDA chief says agency is trying to fill key jobs after paying 15,000 to leave

In testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is now looking to fill critical positions, after agreeing to pay more than 15,000 employees' salaries and benefits through September in exchange for their resignations.\"We are actively looking and recruiting to fill those positions that are integral to the efforts and the key frontlines,\" Rollins told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.USDA is among the agencies that twice invited employees to quit their jobs through the deferred resignation program — once in late January when the deal ..