Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been a controversial topic for years, gaining attention during Donald Trump's first presidency when he called it a "joke.

The Trump administration has announced that all federal employees who choose not to return to the office are eligible for an eight-month buyout.

The White House has begun offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.

One company has said it's ready to make tens of thousands of new gas vehicles for the USPS, rather than electric ones, if the new administration wants.

Federal employees who accept the buyout would be given 8 months of pay and benefits through September and are exempt from return-to-office policy.

President Donald Trump is offering buyouts with eight months of pay to all federal workers who don't wish to return to the office.

Employees who choose to resign from their roles have to let OPM know of their decision by Feb. 6, according to an email sent to the federal workforce Tuesday.

The move, which could dramatically reduce the size of the federal work force, appeared to stretch the limits of President Trump’s authority.

The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide “deferred resignation” program.

The executive order follows a separate Pentagon directive calling for a change for transgender troops issued Monday.