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

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 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.