The Trump administration said it is offering financial incentives for nearly all civilian full-time federal workers to quit as part of plans to drastically shrink the size of the government.

WASHINGTON—The White House gave federal workers a choice: return to the office full time or resign and get paid for the next eight months. In a Tuesday night email, the Office of Personnel Management told federal workers that they have until Feb.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed.