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Trump OPM buyout offers leave federal workers with risky decisions

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Federal employees face a Feb. 6 deadline to decide whether they want to accept a government buyout offer.

The government isn’t funded past March, raising questions over whether employees will actually be paid and whether it’s within the bounds of the law to use money for a new program.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, cautioned workers about being “tricked” into taking the deal.

At least 40,000 federal employees have accepted the deal.

The Justice Department recently declined to endorse the legality of the deal, pinning assurances that the offer was legal on the OPM .

The offer could also violate the Antideficiency Act , which bars the government from spending beyond what is dictated in its budget.