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For DRP, the funding is being used for salaries - nothing had to be reprogrammed.

Under President Clinton there were actual buyouts - the money was reprogrammed, and they paid out lump sums for people to leave. That's not how DRP works - there is no lump sum (other than annual leave payout at retirement date).

Everything is being done like it was before I outprocessed, other than my timecard (with 80 hours of admin leave) being submitted by my previous supervisor instead of by me. People who took DRP are considered the same as anyone else who is put on admin leave for an extended period of time, meaning that we can be called back up until 30 September (although I don't personally know of anyone from my agency that has been called back), we have to check in with a phone call or text every few days, just so they know we're still alive, we still have to follow all of the rules (no drugs, Hatch Act, etc.) until 1 Oct, etc.