Why is the U.S. government withholding salary information on nearly 255,000 employees whose salaries are paid for by American taxpayers? A total of 254,839 federal salaries were removed from the Civil Service payroll. That’s a huge increase from the 3,416 salaries redacted in total in Fiscal Year 2016. About $20 billion in total federal payroll costs now lacks transparency. The disappearing people and money came from all over the government: no fewer than 68 federal departments redacted salaries.

Source: Fox News February 21, 2018 09:00 UTC