By Mary Shinn | The Gazette
Across Colorado, tens of thousands of employees received emails asking them to resign Tuesday, as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape the federal workforce that has received fierce pushback from unions.
While most Department of Defense employees did not receive the email with the subject line “Fork in the Road,” they went out to Defense Health Agency employees who work on military bases in Colorado Springs. One of the largest employers locally within the DHA is Evans Army Community Hospital on Fort Carson, with 2,300 military service members and civilians.
The offers to resign also went out to employees who work on public lands, such as the Forest Service, National Parks Service and Bureau of Land Management. Across the state, there are almost 40,000 civilian federal employees, according to a 2024 report from the Congressional Research Service.