The State Department is reportedly looking to reduce its global workforce and close some of its consulates, in the federal government's latest efforts to trim its staff, department officials told several news outlets on Thursday.

The Trump administration has launched a widespread mission to cut wasteful spending, and improve government efficiency, which has also resulted in thousands of federal employees losing their jobs.

The department is also expected to trim its workforce by firing many local citizens who work for its missions. 

It is not clear how many embassies and consulates the department is looking to close, but one memo proposes closing a dozen consulates, primarily in Western Europe, sources told the New York Times.

Those closures include consulates in Florence, Italy; Strasbourg, France; Hamburg, Germany; and Ponta Delgada, Portugal.

The department also notified two congressional committees of the planned closures last month, and department officials told the committees on Monday that they additionally plan to close a consulate in Gaziantep, Turkey.

“The State Department continues to assess our global posture to ensure we are best positioned to address modern challenges on behalf of the American people,” the agency said in a statement to the New York Times.

The efforts are part of a larger plan to reduce the department's operating budget by up to 20%,  two U.S. officials said.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.