The Trump administration said on Tuesday it is offering financial incentives to 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to quit as part of plans to drastically shrink the size of the U.S. government.

A union for federal workers said the offer was designed to "entice or scare" them into resigning. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The email is the most sweeping effort yet by the new Trump administration to shrink the ranks of government employees.

The Trump administration said Tuesday it is offering incentives for nearly all civilian federal workers to resign and warned of plans to shrink the size of the government. The "deferred resignation program" would allow federal employees to remain on the payroll through Sept.