Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Layoffs at the U.S. General Services Administration, the agency which manages the federal government's real estate portfolio, began on Wednesday, according to three people familiar with the matter. The layoffs affect probationary employees, who are being called up individually and pressured into either resigning or facing being put on leave and then terminated, two of the three people said. In a statement, GSA said that, "From the beginning of this administration, GSA's leadership has been committed to supporting the administration's initiatives to right size the federal workforce" and that the agency "remains committed to ensuring a respectful and dignified process for our agency personnel during this transformation."