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CFPB acting Director Russ Vought told the agency’s staff to cease all work unless explicitly cleared by leadership.

CFPB hit with renewed layoffs

The Republican leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau renewed a broad effort to reduce the agency’s workforce on Thursday.

Russ Vought, the acting director of the CFPB, notified many employees today that they had been included in a “reduction in force (RIF) action.” Affected employees will be locked out of their work computers at 6 p.m. tomorrow, according to the notice we scooped here.

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